Speaking of the Possibility of Ousting Xi Jinping Commentary On April 30, Roger Garside, who served as a British diplomat in China twice, wrote an opinion article in the Globe and Mail, titled “Regime Change in China is Not Only Possible, It is Imperative,” in which he posits his views on how to change the course of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s China. Garside wrote, “Much of the Chinese elite is deeply opposed to the course to which Mr. Xi is committed. They recognize that economic reform without political change has created problems that damage China as a nation and pose a risk to their own interests.”