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The new Mao? China to lift term limits for President Xi Jinping
Does China now have a president for life? China's leader Xi Jinping could stay in power indefinitely following the ruling Communist Party's proposal to scrap term limits.
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The country saw it coming, especially after the president refrained from designating an heir at last fall's Communist Party Congress, which cemented his stature as China's most powerful ruler since Mao. Is China now heading for one-man rule and a new cult of personality?
Guests :
Alice EKMAN, Head of China Research, French Institute of International Relations
SUN Yun, Senior Associate, East Asia Program, Stimson Center
WU Fei, Professor of Journalism and Communication at Jinan University
Andre LOESEKRUG-PIETRI, Founder, ACAPITAL Equity Investment Fund
Watch the debate on France 24