Trump praises China’s Xi for lifetime mandate extension

The censors also blue pencilled the words disagree, Xi Zedong – a mash of the names Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong, shameless, lifelong, immortality and Yuan Shikai, a warlord who battled to restorer the Chines monarchy. On Saturday, however, Trump appeared to take a much more amicable tone with China and its leader.

The presidential term limits were engraved in the state constitution in 1982.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania arrive for the state dinner with China’s President Xi Jinping and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Nov. 9, 2017.

The report comes as China’s national parliament gathers in Beijing for two weeks of meetings expected to culminate in Xi’s appointment to a second term and a constitutional change allowing him to stay on indefinitely.

His real power flows from his role as General Secretary of the Communist Party – which does not have term limits – and previous leaders have wielded serious power from behind the scenes, without official titles. The president said “We’ve developed a great relationship with China, other than the fact that they’ve been killing us on trade for the last long period of time. killing us, absolutely killing the USA on trade” at a joint White House news conference on February 23. The agenda also includes creation of a powerful new agency to police officials and possibly approving the biggest regulatory overhaul of the US$43 trillion finance-and-insurance sector in 15 years.

The two countries have been engaged in talks in this regard, and Beijing has made all-round preparations, Li told reporters on Sunday on the sidelines of the two sessions.

“Xi Jinping is susceptible to making big mistakes because there are now nearly no checks or balances”, Lam said.

The controversial move, which has sparked fears that China is veering back to one-man rule, is set to be rubber-stamped by the country’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress, whose annual session opens on Monday. The 69-year-old was at the forefront of Xi Jinping’s campaign against corruption, before stepping down as a Politburo Standing Committee member last autumn.

Xi’s consolidation of power will be seriously tested by how he tackles grave challenges at home and overseas.

Having launched bold initiatives such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Belt and Road initiative, China is now charged with maintaining that momentum in the face of doubts from the West and some reluctance on the part of participants. It is important for both sides to perceive each other’s strategic intentions correctly and with a fair mind and keep to the right direction of the China US relations, he said. “We discussed ways to ensure fair and reciprocal trade”. I think it’s great.