the biggest reason for anti xi or putin is not anti their policies (actually many make sense) but rather that they refuse to retire.
xi must have said something like china now in crucial crossroads (which is quite true), only he can save china ( ridiculous, 14 bn relying on 1 person?! if so his agenda definitely would fail), he must have shared some feelings of emperor yongzheng (wish i have another 500 yrs of life).
btw looking back it's wrong to allow Roosevelt extending terms on the excuse of ww2. hopefully American would not allow that to happen again, setting good example for world. of course first we all hope that crucial situation never come true , cause that ca nonly mean war agianst china or russia