Xi Jinping is set to be handed a norm-busting third term as president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become China's most powerful leader in generations.
The expected appointment by China's parliament comes after Xi Jinping locked in another five years as head of the Communist Party and the military -- the two more significant leadership positions in Chinese politics -- in October. FILE PHOTO
Since then, 69-year-old Xi has faced some challenges, with mass protests over his zero-COVID policy and its subsequent abandonment that saw countless people die. Beijing also unveiled during the parliamentary meeting a growth goal of "around five percent" -- one of its lowest in decades -- as well as a modest increase in defense spending.
Adrian Geiges, coauthor of the biography titled "Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in the World", told AFP he did not think Xi was motivated by a desire for personal enrichment, despite international media investigations having revealed his family's amassed wealth."He really has a vision about China, he wants to see China as the most powerful country in the world.
His coronation this week sets him up to become modern China's longest-serving head of state, and will mean Xi will rule well into his seventies and -- if no challenger emerges -- even longer.
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