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| XI Jinping is China's president for life | | | Even though China has a presidential system of Government like that of the US but of late whatever semblance of democracy exists in China it has been raped.The reason is that the current President is not to follow the customary two--year term as is the case in the United States of America. Recently some close political friends had been toying with President Xi Jinping that there was a need for bringing about a constitutional amendment which would allow President Xi Jinping to be in the chair for the maximum time. Accordingly China's largely rubber stamp parliament passed a constitutional amendment that removes presidential term limits, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely.The announcement of the vote, witnessed by reporters in the Great Hall of the People, passed with two "no" votes and three abstentions among almost 3,000 delegates.China's ruling Communist Party proposed the amendment last month and there was never any doubt it would pass as parliament is packed with loyal party members who would not have opposed the proposal. With the term limit gone, Xi can rule China until he retires, dies or is ousted. He is already dubbed as the country's next Mao, founder of modern China who ruled from 1949 until his death in 1976.Of the 2,963 deputies (lawmakers) of the Chinese parliament, three abstained and two voted against the proposal to amend the Constitution.
China watchers say the country, which has a one-party rule, could well be headed for a single-man rule. Xi, who succeeded Hu Jintao in 2012 as General Secretary of the Communist Party, became China's President a year later. Over the years, Xi has come to hold a vice-like of China.Besides being the General Secretary of the Communist Party, he is the Chairman of the Central Military Commission-the supreme body of the Chinese army. Although the post of General Secretary is more powerful than that of the President in China, the latter is used to deal with the outside world.Mao set up the President's office in 1954 and quit the post after five years, giving it to Liu Shaoqi, handpicked by him. Liu was a puppet President and fell out of favour during Mao's Cultural Revolution.Mao did away with the President's post in 1975 only for it to be revived by Deng in 1982 with a two-term cap after his deathPolitical observers are of the view that had not the constitutional amendment adopted Xi Jinping, who is supreme commander of the Chinese Army could have motivated the Army to stage a revolt leading China to constitutional crisis thereby depriving China's rise in military and economic power.
Well whether China is under Xi Jinping or anybody else India may not have cordial ties with China because Beijing has opted for Pakistan to woo Islamabad so that China is permitted to set up military bases and occupy parts of the Gilgit and Skardu.Already China has displayed extraterritorial amobition by annexing parts of Pakistan and in return China has assured Pakistan of continued military and economic aid.This is a worry for the US which does not want Pakistan to fall completely in the lap of Beijing and that is the reason the US President, Donald Trump,is reviewing its decision to suspend aid to Pakistan. Well India wants to promote cordial ties with China so that in league with China China-India could be a most powerful combination in the Asian region.But China has umterior reasons for trying to grab Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Ladakh border. That is why it has taken a pugnacious stand on Doklam which indicates that China is trying to influence Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan with whom India has maintained good relations. |
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