Xi Jinping has cleared the way to rule for life in China after delegates at the country's parliament overwhelmingly voted to abolish presidential limits, Telegraph.co.uk reports.
The move turns the clock back on decades of reform and reverses a system of ‘collective leadership’ that was installed following the turmoil of Mao Tze-tung’s one-man rule.
A total of 2,958 delegates at China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) voted for the measure on Sunday.