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11/03/2018 GMT

Chinese Congress Set to Make XI Jinping 'President for Life'

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China National People’s Congress set to vote on constitutional changes

China’s National People’s Congress meets today to vote on a number of reforms. The most notable is the proposed scrapping on the two-term limit on the presidency. The changes are widely expected to pass, which could mean that current premier XI Jinping could become “president for life”. 

Also in the programme: President Trump positive about proposed talks with North Korea; Bullying and abuse in the Australian prison system and the upsurge of sectarian violence in Sri Lanka.

(Picture: Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by national flags at the Schloss Bellevue presidential residency in Berlin on 28th March 2014. Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

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