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Re:China Seeks to Repeal Presidential Term Limit by ajross on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:18PM (#16459946)
That's goalpost motion, though. By that standard the Chinese policy change in the headline is a total nothingburger because the communist party has been in power since the revolution and will continue to be after Xi is dead.

Obviously, no: the headline is significant; east asian governments are subject to policy change and reform even within a single party rule; and this is a canard. There is a difference between indefinite rule by an abstract "party" and indefinite rule by an actual person. And China is crossing that gap.

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Re:China Seeks to Repeal Presidential Term Limit by EliRivers on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:24PM (#16459983)
That level of political discussion is beyond me. I'm just presenting some examples of East Asian countries that had the same ruler / ruling-party for decades.
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Re:China Seeks to Repeal Presidential Term Limit by chvid on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:44PM (#16460101)
What EliRivers described is exactly what I was referring to. And I don't think the "headline" is particular important btw.
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Re:China Seeks to Repeal Presidential Term Limit by tonylinn80 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @01:21PM (#16460305)
How is removing hard limit on two terms "crossing that gap"? It'd be a much greater leap if Xi wants to rule indefinitely. Xi (and the communist party) wants stability, and he has to answer to what the people want to keep staying in power
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