China Proposes Dropping Term Limits for President Xi Jinping

China says it plans to scrap a two-term limit for the country’s president and vice president, a move that could allow Chinese leader Xi Jinping to stay in office indefinitely.   Expectations that Xi, China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, was considering staying in office for more than the typical 10 years has been building for some time now.  But the outline of amendment proposals announced by state media Sunday,  including Article 79, confirmed those changes could...

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