China names an emperor for life: how imperialist the change will be?

Monday, March 12th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

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In the short space of two weeks, China has announced and now voted with near unanimous approval to amend the country’s constitution and give the party state’s powerful leader Xi Jinping a mandate to stay in office indefinitely. On Sunday, a controversial amendment to scrap a two-term limit on the office of the president was approved along with 20 other changes. Read full article

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He no doubt got a few tips from The Queen ;-)
Mar 12th, 2018 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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ALL is well; as long as:
- The economy continues to thrive
- The Improvement in the Standard of Living continues
- The Cost of Living drops or remains the same.
Mar 13th, 2018 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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China is on course for a spectacularly mediocre future but like all strong men such as Chavez and Putin (and even Trump) he believes that only he can prevent that.

Sorry Xi but you can't and won't but you will probably f@ck it up even more now that you have unlimited power to protect your vast wealth.
Mar 17th, 2018 - 11:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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