China discards model of fixed-term presidency

FT World Weekly

• Episode: China discards model of fixed-term presidency
• Website: FT World Weekly
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• Duration: 00:11:20
• Published: 2018-03-01 18:08

By signalling his intention to remove the two-term limit on China’s presidency, China's strongman Xi Jinping is discarding more than three decades of precedent aimed at institutionalising the peaceful transition of power. Gideon Rachman discusses the implications of the move with the FT's Tom Mitchell and James Kynge.

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