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World Service,3 mins

China's president could stay in office for life

World Business Report

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Xi Jinping could use his long term in office to reinforce China's global economic power. Professor Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute, tells the BBC's Russell Padmore how a leader with no limits to his time in office will address the challenges that face the Chinese economy. (Picture: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Getty Images.)

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