There’s more than meets the eye to China’s constitutional changes
DIRK NIMMEGEERS takes a look the changes made this month to China’s constitution and the effect they will have on the Communist Party
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ON MARCH 5, the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted not one but 21 important constitutional amendments, bolstering anti-corruption laws and the party’s leadership.
Xi Jinping might be asked to continue his presidency after his second term in 2023, but the emphasis is on Xi’s definition of socialism for China.
There is much more to the constitutional adaptations voted by the NPC than the abolition of presidential term limits, the only thing Western media seems to be really interested in.
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