China has approved the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that effectively allows Xi Jinping to remain as president for life.
BBC: China’s Xi allowed to remain ‘president for life’ as term limits removed
China's President Xi Jinping (C), China's Premier Li Keqiang (R) and member of the Central Political Bureau Li Zhanshu (L) talk during the third plenary session of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11.
China's rubber-stamp parliament is set on March 11, to hand President Xi Jinping free rein to rule the rising Asian superpower indefinitely, with potential abstentions offering the only suspense in the historic vote.
