Xi Jinping seeks to remove term limits for his rule over China

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-25/china-s-xi-follows-putin-in-laying-ground-to-rule-for-decades

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[Frodo]

He should just move to the Forbidden City already.  

And given the parallels between the Ming Dynasty and the Chinese Communist Party (both have humble origins), perhaps he would be more properly attired like a Ming Dynasty emperor:

[Bismarck]

It’s been clear since the last big party meeting that this would happen. The guy is power hungry as hell.

[Blue3]

What is his game? He keeps increasing his power, eliminating rivals, now probably lengthen his rule. But for what? Power for power's sake?

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

As someone who doesn't know a lot about the current factions in the CCP, are there any quality resources that would be good reading for understanding them?

[kelestian]

This guy considers himself as genius ruler probably

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

https://media.giphy.com/media/BdAn5S0xigpO/giphy.gif
^Xi Jinping right now

[Beet]

This guy considers himself as genius ruler probably

He's a pretty terrible ruler. All he's done in 5 years has been basically purging his political opponents.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

IIRC Jiang Zemin tried to go around term limits by getting himself reelected as Chairman of the Central Military Commission (office Deng held without ever being General Secretary or President), but he did finally stepped down in two years.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

This guy considers himself as genius ruler probably

He's a genius, all right. He wrote a book which was being sold in a kiosk at the Warsaw metro!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

This guy considers himself as genius ruler probably

He's a genius, all right. He wrote a book which was being sold in a kiosk at the Warsaw metro!

The fact that it’s next to the Bourne Identity is what strikes me.

[DavidB.]

Macron will be next.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Macron will be next.

Who would buy The Macron Identity?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Macron will be next.

Well, Napoleon was married to a cougar once...

[jaichind]

This is more of a sign that Xi's level of control over the party is lower than expected after the most recent party congress.  Xi spent a lot of time this last 5 years getting rid of people in the Hu and Jiang factions as well as other rivals.  The base case for him is that he would be able to appoint a replacement 5 years from now that also continue his work and keep him out of harms way.   He now seems less sure of that and most likely want an extra 5 year term of make sure that a coalition of anti-Xi factions could not take power after he moves on.

[Blue3]

This is more of a sign that Xi's level of control over the party is lower than expected after the most recent party congress.  Xi spent a lot of time this last 5 years getting rid of people in the Hu and Jiang factions as well as other rivals.  The base case for him is that he would be able to appoint a replacement 5 years from now that also continue his work and keep him out of harms way.   He now seems less sure of that and most likely want an extra 5 year term of make sure that a coalition of anti-Xi factions could not take power after he moves on.

And what is the difference between these factions, in how it will impact the Chinese people and how it will impact international relations?

[Kingpoleon]

I hope Wang Yang has the votes to block this.