China's parliament drops term limit, allowing Xi to rule for life
BEIJING _President Xi Jinping can now rule China for as long as he'd like.
On Sunday afternoon, nearly 3,000 delegates at China's ceremonial parliament cast ballots in Beijing's Great Hall of the People to amend the nation's constitution, allowing Xi to remain president well past 2023, when he was due to step down.
The amendment was widely expected - the parliament, called the National People's Congress, hasn't voted down
