Xi Tipped to Outstay 10-Year Term

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Xi's Here to Stay: China Leader Tipped to Outstay Term. AFP, Aug 9, 2016
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires ... d-outstay-term.html

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"Xi has thus far delayed anointing an heir.

"China's constitution sets term limits for presidents and ministers, but there is no such rule for the party secretary.

"Analysts say Xi sees an enviable model in Russia's Vladimir Putin * * * 'Putin can switch his positions without losing his power, but in Chinese politics that's not possible,' he [Bo Zhiyue, professor of Chinese politics at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand] told AFP, adding that staying on as general secretary but not retaining the presidency would make Xi a 'less powerful leader.'