Xi Jinping tipped to outstay term

BEIJING: Already China’s most powerful leader in decades, President Xi Jinping will probably seek to extend his term to more than 10 years, analysts say, the first

BEIJING: Already China’s most powerful leader in decades, President Xi Jinping will probably seek to extend his term to more than 10 years, analysts say, the first Communist Party chief to do so since Deng Xiaoping. The ruling party’s leaders have reportedly gathered at their secretive annual Beidaihe retreat on the northern Chinese coast, where discussions are likely to focus on the composition of its next all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PSC). The 19th Party Congress, slated for next year, will decide a new PSC line-up. But Xi has so far delayed anointing an heir.

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