Xi Jinping appointed as China’s president for record third term

All 2,952 members of the Chinese Parliament voted in his favour.

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· Mar 10, 2023 · 10:45 am

Xi Jinping re-elected as Chinese Communist Party’s general secretary for third term

Besides Xi, only party founder Mao Zedong has been elected thrice to the post.

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· Oct 23, 2022 · 12:11 pm

Is ‘Chinese democracy’ really a democracy?

Maintaining its claim to democracy is as important to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy as its revolutionary history.

Sor-hoon Tan, The Loop

· Jan 08, 2022 · 07:30 pm

China’s new school textbooks reflect the rise of ‘Grandpa’ Xi’s personality cult

While prior textbooks were focused on the Communist Party, the new versions centre on China’s paramount leader.

Shih-Wen Sue Chen, The Conversation

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· Nov 26, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Xi Jinping has put his stamp on China’s history, but does he have the same support as Mao and Deng?

Both Mao and Deng had well-established political authority that was in many ways independent of their formal positions in the Chinese Communist Party.

David S G Goodman, The Conversation

· Nov 12, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Can Xi become China’s new emperor? A crucial meet of the Communist Party will decide

The 300 members of the party’s central committee will chart a course for Beijing’s next five-year political cycle at the sixth plenum.

Tony Walker, The Conversation

· Nov 10, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Who is Xu Zhangrun, the latest dissident silenced by the Chinese state?

The detained professor has been a vocal critic of Xi Jinping’s Mao-style leadership and handling of the Covid-19 crisis.

Chongyi Feng, The Conversation

· Jul 10, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Is China’s Xi a bold thinker, a tireless anti-corruption crusader or a 21st century emperor?

There are no easy answers. Though the truth may lie in looking for multiple imperfect analogies and comparing them.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, The Conversation

· Apr 04, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Xi Jinping re-elected president of China, term limit abolished

None of the nearly 3,000 members of the Great Hall of the People voted against him.

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· Mar 17, 2018 · 11:26 am

Xi Jinping can remain China’s president for life as Parliament abolishes term limit

The Great Hall of the People passed a constitutional amendment removing the clause that restricted the president’s tenure to two consecutive terms.

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· Mar 11, 2018 · 02:32 pm

Xi Jinping’s ‘lifetime presidency’ could change China – for better or worse

The president wants to do away with term limits. That’s bad news for corrupt officials – and for the Chinese people.

Dylan Loh Ming Hui, The Conversation

· Feb 28, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping foiled a plot to take over leadership, says official

The head of China’s securities watchdog said the president and the Communist Party leadership ‘saved the party, saved the military and saved the country.’

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· Oct 20, 2017 · 07:12 pm