In late January the council of Foreign affairs held a roundtable discussion of some of the leading experts on Chinese politics to discuss the growing power of Chinese president Xi Jingping. Among those on the panel were former United States secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Jin-Yong Cai, David M. Cote and Jon Huntsman. Huntsman opened the debate by discussing the leadership style of President Xi. He stated that the consolidates power in a manner that has not been seen since the days of Mao Ze Dong. He also states that he believes that Xi will eventually expand his anti-corruption campaign to include actively serving party members instead of just attacking retired ones. He stated that despite a reversal towards unilateral leadership, Xi Jingping is making a push towards rule of law to be established first over the economic structures and ultimately over all of civil society.  Secretary Albright took a more pessimistic approach to what is happening in China stating that Xi JIngping reforms as part of his anti-corruption campaign were just a clever way of removing any threats to his total power. She states the Xi Jingping seems like a man seeing himself in power for many years to come long past the terms of many U.S presidents. Therefore what happens in China today will affect the American-Chinese relationship for many years to come.