China’s Communist party chiefs propose constitutional change to allow president to stay onHas China’s strongman forgotten the perils of power?The Chinese leader,Xi Jinping, already considered the countrys most dominant since Mao Zedong, or looks to contain further cemented his grip on power after Beijing unveiled plans to scrap the presidency’s two-term limit.
Chinas official news agency,Xinhua, announced the dramatic news on Sunday in a bland 36-word dispatch. It paves the way for Xi to remain in power well into the next decade and perhaps even beyond.
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Source: guardian.co.uk