Beijing - The Chinese Communist Party prepares state constitution changes to extend President Xi Jinping's term of office indefinitely. The current constitution regulates the President and his deputy officers may only be a maximum of two periods or ten years. Ms. Xi Jinping, 64, earned her second Mao Zedong nickname after daring a series of radical changes since taking office as president in 2013. Xi also serves as secretary general of the Chinese Communist Party.
"He has made radical changes in the party including capturing the leaders involved in corruption," as reported by Reuters on Sunday, February 25, 2018. Previously, this effort is considered impossible because it would get hard opposition. According to Chinese state media Xinhua, the proposed removal of the term limits of his term of office and his deputy was filed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party. This is the most powerful committee in the party. Xi will serve a second term after being granted an extension of his term by parliament on March 5, 2018. This parliament is not a people's choice but a party because China is not familiar with the multiparty system but a single party. According to Zhang Lifan, a historian and political commentator, saying the news about constitutional change was not a surprise. He claims he can not predict how long Xi will be in power. "Theoretically, he could have served longer than Mugabe, no one knows," Zhang said as he called former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who took power 40 years ago back in November 2017 because of public and military pressure. A commentator on Weibo's Web site in China said, "If two-period terms are not enough, they can add a third period, but there should be a limit." Removing the boundaries is not good, "the user said. According to Professor Zhang Ming, who teaches political science at Renmin University in Beijing, China, the title is not important in China. This relates to Xi's position as party secretary general rather than chairman. "What matters is whether you as emperor," said Zhang. "In China, people regard Xi Jinping as emperor."1. item
