Xi is widely accepted as the most authoritarian Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping. Some _____________ labelled him as a 21st century Mao Zedong. _____________, this control freak ideology has limits in keeping the lid on underlying problems. The series of ‘administrative interventions’ ordered by Xi in the past few weeks _____________ the bearish stock market, put a floor on the renminbi’s depreciation, and prevent capital flight _____________ that the strongman method of crisis-response does not compensate for fundamental economic weaknesses.