Xi Jinping becomes paramount leader (China)
2012 · Event
Takes over as General Secretary of the CCP; later consolidates power and removes term limits.
On these timelines: Master, China
Around 2012
- COVID-19 pandemic (2019)
- Pop music: the 2020s (2020)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) (2006)
- Global financial crisis (2007)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)
- Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) (2017)
- iPhone launched (2007)
- Someone like You (Adele) (2011)
- I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber) (2019)