President for Life

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

China's National People's Congress opened its annual two-week meeting today. The country’s parliament is expected to change China’s constitution to allow President Xi Jinping to abolish term limits. Sean Rameswaram speaks to Fordham professor Carl Minzner and The New Yorker’s Jiayang Fan to find out what it means that the leader of one fifth of the world's population just decided he’s never stepping down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.3	Remember when Canada Donald Trump used to talk a lot of trash about China?
0:33.0	They're making it possible for our businesses, our companies to compete.
0:38.1	They think we're run by a bunch of idiots, and what's going on with China is unbelievable.
0:44.5	That was then.
0:45.8	This is now.
0:47.5	Get China's great, and she is a great gentleman.
0:51.5	He's now president of life.
0:53.5	LAUGHTER
0:55.5	LAUGHTER
1:01.5	President, no he's great.
1:03.5	He's great.
1:04.5	I love people, I think it's great.
1:06.5	Maybe I'm to give that a shot someday.
1:08.5	LAUGHTER
1:12.5	That was president.
1:13.5	He's the most powerful president in a hundred years.
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