Daily Mail: Chinese lawmakers pass change to their constitution to allow president Xi Jinping to rule for life
* The rubber-stamp National People's Congress voted to abolish term limits
* There were 2,958 votes in favour, with two votes against and three abstentions
* Delegates applauded after each vote while Xi Jinping, 64, cast his ballot first
China's rubber-stamp lawmakers have passed a historic constitutional amendment that abolishes term limits and will enable President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.
The National People's Congress' nearly 3,000 hand-picked delegates endorsed the constitutional amendment on Sunday, voting 2,958 in favour with two opposed, three abstaining and one vote invalidated.
The move reverses the era of 'collective' leadership and orderly succession that was promoted by form Deng Xiaoping to ensure stability following the turbulent one-man rule of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong.
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WNU Editor: So now it is official. The era of 'collective' leadership and orderly succession that was promoted by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to ensure stability in China is now over. China has reverted back to a Mao concept of one man rule .... but with a modern touch.
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