Xi Jinping officially kicks off his norm-busting third term as China's president, solidifying his position as one of the communist nation's most powerful leaders in generations.
in the face of what one NPC deputy described as foreign attempts at "containment and suppression" of the country's rise.
His unprecedented re-election today is the culmination of a remarkable rise in which he has gone from a relatively little-known party member to the leader of a global superpower. Adrian Geiges, co-author of the biography titled Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in the World, told reporters ahead of today's re-election that he did not think Mr 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.
That model imposed term limits on the largely ceremonial role of the presidency, with Mr Xi's predecessors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao relinquishing power after 10 years in office. Mr Xi has torn up that rule book, abolishing term limits in 2018 and allowing a cult of personality to foster his all-powerful leadership.
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