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Weekend: China’s Xi Jinping gets third term in power

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China’s Xi Jinping gets third term in power

23/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, China’s Xi Jinping gets third term in power

Xi Jinping to serve a third term in power going against established precedent.

China’s Xi Jinping will serve a third term in power going against an established two-term precedent. The move cements his control of the ruling Communist Party. 

The two leading contenders to take over as British prime minister, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, have held face-to-face talks but no details have been released. 

And Iranian American activist and author, Amir Sultani reflects on the ongoing protests in her native country. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues making the news headlines are Márta Pardavi a Hungarian lawyer and co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a human rights advocacy group and Steve Erlanger the chief diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times in Europe.  

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