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yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts) Wed Oct 25, 2017, 04:42 PM Oct 2017

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China Unveils New Leadership With no Clear Successor for Xi (Original Post) yuiyoshida Oct 2017 OP

President for Life Loyd Oct 2017 #1

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1. President for Life

Wed Oct 25, 2017, 06:15 PM

Oct 2017

Xi will show as much respect for term limits as Putin. And don't think Trump hasn't thought about it!

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2. Regardless of whether Xi gets rid of term limits, he will be the paramount leader for many years

Wed Oct 25, 2017, 08:42 PM

Oct 2017

to come. His name, along with his school of thought, is written into the constitution. Only Mao and Deng are also mentioned in the constitution.