Xi Jinping was already regarded as China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, leader of the 1949 Communist revolution. But an announcement on Sunday that Beijing plans to scrap the two-term limit for the presidency shows that Mr Xi is now eliminating the remaining institutional checks on his authority. This monumental change, which sets him up to stay at the helm beyond 2022-23, has profound implications for both China and the world.
習近平已被視爲領導中國在1949年取得共產主義革命勝利的毛澤東之後中國最強大的領導人。但上週日的一份聲明稱，北京方面計劃取消國家主席連續任職不得超過兩屆的限制，這表明，習近平現在正在消除制度對他的權威的剩餘限制。這一巨大變化將讓他可以在2022-23年之後繼續執政，這對於中國以及全球都有著深遠影響。
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