Building on this tradition, Xi can create strong institutions that will stand the test of time. If he does – recognizing that, to be credible, the rule of law must apply even to the Party’s most influential figures – he will become modern China’s third-strongest leader.
根据这一传统，习近平可以建立强大的经得起时间考验的制度。如果他这么做了——认识到要想赢得信誉就必须以法治精神约束党的最高人物——他就能成为现代中国第三强势的领导人。