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Newshour: China's Xi Allowed to Remain 'President for Life' as Term Limits Removed

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China's Xi Allowed to Remain 'President for Life' as Term Limits Removed

11/03/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, China's Xi Allowed to Remain 'President for Life' as Term Limits Removed

National People’s Congress approves amendment abolishing two-term limit for president

National People’s Congress approves amendment abolishing two-term limit for president.

China has amended its constitution to abolish the two-term limit for the country’s president, allowing Xi Jinping to lead for life and underlining a move towards one-man rule.

Also in the programme: former FARC guerillas in Colombia contest elections for the first time since the peace deal; and how flooding in northeast Australia is driving dangerous crocodiles downstream.

Picture: An attendant gives a ballot ticket to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Credit: Getty images/AFP

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