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President Xi may extend power as China poised to lift term limits

Chinese President Xi Jinping. [Photo: Courtesy]

The Chinese ruling Communist Party's leadership has called for the removal of presidential term limits, opening the door for China's most powerful leader in decades, Xi Jinping, to remain in office beyond 2023.

The party's Central Committee has today proposed deleting from the constitution the stipulation that a president "shall serve no more than two consecutive terms" of five years, the official Xinhua news agency said Sunday.

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