Why is “president for life” in China such a big deal?
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Q: Why is “president for life” in China such a big deal?
"Great Leap Backward" was the title announcing the term limit removal in China. This BBC article tells us more about this:
The constitution has been altered to allow Xi Jinping to remain as president beyond two terms and they would not have gone to this much trouble if that was not exactly what he intended to do.
I am wondering why it is this so important.
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Question: Why "president for life" in China is such a big deal?
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Why "president for life" in China is such a big deal?
— Because the increasing shift towards a dictatorship state¹ may trigger a chain of uncontrolled events that, in turn, would undermine the Western investments and the international trade.
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