{"id":561947,"date":"2023-03-10T13:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/xi-awarded-3rd-term-as-chinas-president-extending-rule-video\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:24:45","slug":"xi-awarded-3rd-term-as-chinas-president-extending-rule-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/xi-awarded-3rd-term-as-chinas-president-extending-rule-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#Xi awarded 3rd term as China&#8217;s president, extending rule [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af3e5b4bf08a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af3e5b4bf08a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/xi-awarded-3rd-term-as-chinas-president-extending-rule-video\/#Xi_awarded_3rd_term_as_Chinas_president_extending_rule_Video\" >Xi awarded 3rd term as China&#8217;s president, extending rule [Video]<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Xi_awarded_3rd_term_as_Chinas_president_extending_rule_Video\"><\/span>Xi awarded 3rd term as China&#8217;s president, extending rule [Video]<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>BEIJING (AP) \u2014 Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation&#8217;s president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the U.S. and others.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement of Xi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointment by the ceremonial National People&#8217;s Congress was a foregone conclusion for a leader who has sidelined potential rivals and filled the top ranks of the ruling Communist Party with his supporters since taking power in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The vote for Xi was 2,952 to 0 by the NPC, members of which are appointed by the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Xi, 69, had himself named to a third five-year term as party <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> secretary in October, breaking with a tradition under which Chinese leaders handed over power once a decade. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-top-news-constitutional-amendments-international-news-china-xi-jinping-ce543a468e3c4f27b7963a0e0579689b\" data-ylk=\"slk:A two-term limit on the figurehead presidency was deleted;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">A two-term limit on the figurehead presidency was deleted<\/a> from the Chinese Constitution earlier, prompting suggestions he might stay in power for life.<\/p>\n<p>No candidate lists were distributed, and Xi and those <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/who-are-china-new-leaders-3855bd0fe212d94323ed2b5f3f33daca\" data-ylk=\"slk:awarded other posts;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">awarded other posts<\/a> were believed to have run unopposed. The election remains almost entirely shrouded in secrecy, apart from the process in which delegates to the congress put four ballots into boxes placed around the vast auditorium of the Great Hall of the People.<\/p>\n<p>Xi was also unanimously named commander of the 2 million-member <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-us-military-taiwan-xi-jinping-14f9c3d8fef26779f017d927aa352eeb\" data-ylk=\"slk:People's Liberation Army;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">People&#8217;s Liberation Army<\/a>, a force that explicitly takes its orders from the party rather than the country.<\/p>\n<p>In other voting, the party&#8217;s third-ranking official, Zhao Leji, was named head of the National People&#8217;s Congress. The vast majority of the body&#8217;s legislative work is headed by its Standing Committee, which meets year-round.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 828px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Delegates hold voting papers as they prepare to elect state leaders during a session of China&amp;#39;s National People&amp;#39;s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/iXUyeiTwFGDy0HuG1sxydQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/855cf5c5787e8268f95f25217f830aa3\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Delegates hold voting papers as they prepare to elect state leaders during a session of China&amp;#39;s National People&amp;#39;s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/iXUyeiTwFGDy0HuG1sxydQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/855cf5c5787e8268f95f25217f830aa3\" class=\"caas-img\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Delegates hold voting papers as they prepare to elect state leaders during a session of China&#8217;s National People&#8217;s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Zhao, 67, a holdover from the previous party Politburo Standing Committee, the apex of political power in China headed by Xi, won Xi\u2019s trust as head of the party\u2019s anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, pursuing an anti-graft campaign that has frozen all potential opposition to Xi.<\/p>\n<p>Former Shanghai party boss and member of the last Politburo Standing Committee Han Zheng was named to the largely ceremonial post of state vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Xi, Zhao and Han then took the oath of office with one hand on a copy of the Chinese Constitution. The session also swore in 14 congress vice chairpersons.<\/p>\n<p>Xi&#8217;s new term and the appointment of loyalists to top posts underscores his near-total monopoly on Chinese political power, eliminating any potential opposition to his hyper-nationalistic agenda of building China into the top political, military and economic rival to the U.S. and the chief authoritarian challenge to the Washington-led democratic world order.<\/p>\n<p>While six others serve with him on the Politburo Standing Committee, all have longstanding ties to Xi and can be counted on to see to his will on issues from party discipline to economic management.<\/p>\n<p>The standing committee has only men and the 24-member Politburo, which has had only four female members since the 1990s, also has no women after the departure of Vice Premier Sun Chunlan.<\/p>\n<p>Second-ranked <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/li-qiang-china-new-premier-7a9fbbe92d161e96b44fac93a7eb72a5\" data-ylk=\"slk:Li Qiang;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Li Qiang<\/a> is widely expected to take over as premier, nominally in charge of the Cabinet and caretaker of the economy. Li is best known for ruthlessly enforcing a brutal \u201czero-COVID\u201d lockdown on Shanghai last spring as party boss of the Chinese financial hub, proving his loyalty to Xi in the face of complaints from residents over their lack of access to food, medical care and basic services.<\/p>\n<p>Former head of the manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong province, seventh-ranked Li Xi has already been appointed to replace Zhao as head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 828px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Chinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath after he is unanimously elected as President during a session of China&amp;#39;s National People&amp;#39;s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president on Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/hvgPbOMeu_6p32m7ZZruMA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/832eee9d44b9a4ab129467334636b287\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath after he is unanimously elected as President during a session of China&amp;#39;s National People&amp;#39;s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president on Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/hvgPbOMeu_6p32m7ZZruMA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/832eee9d44b9a4ab129467334636b287\" class=\"caas-img\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Chinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath after he is unanimously elected as President during a session of China&#8217;s National People&#8217;s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president on Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The congress is also expected to pass a measures intensifying party control over national level government organs as part of Xi\u2019s campaign of centralizing power under the party.<\/p>\n<p>At the opening of the annual congress session on Sunday, outgoing Premier Li Keqiang announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-economy-politics-2c335cb95a0bf42078fed230e40170e2\" data-ylk=\"slk:setting this year\u2019s growth target at \u201caround 5%.\u201d;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">setting this year\u2019s growth target at \u201caround 5%.\u201d<\/a> Last year\u2019s growth in the world\u2019s second-largest economy fell to 3%, the second-weakest level since at least the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Ministry of Finance <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-defense-budget-aircraft-carriers-cdac45c8d36a47cffda68be99b7c9ee7\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced a 7.2% budget increase in the defense budget;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">announced a 7.2% budget increase in the defense budget<\/a> to 1.55 trillion yuan ($224 billion), marking a slight increase over 2022. China\u2019s military spending is the world\u2019s second highest after the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In the days then, Xi and his new Foreign Minister Qin Gang have set a highly combative tone for relations with the U.S., amid tensions over trade, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, Taiwan, human rights and Beijing&#8217;s refusal to criticize Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S.-China frictions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Qin warned in unusually stark terms about the possibility of U.S.-China frictions leading to something more dire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing and there surely will be conflict and confrontation,\u201d Qin said in his first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference since taking up his post last year.<\/p>\n<p>That echoed comments at a small group meeting of delegates from Xi on Monday, in which he said that \u201cWestern countries led by the United States have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression of China, which has brought unprecedented grave challenges to our nation\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Xi followed up on Wednesday by calling for \u201cmore quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China must maximize its \u201cnational strategic capabilities\u201d in a bid to \u201csystematically upgrade the country\u2019s overall strength to cope with strategic risks, safeguard strategic interests and realize strategic objectives,\u201d Xi was quoted as saying to a meeting of delegates by the official Xinhua News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about China&#8217;s future foreign relations under Xi, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning struck a relatively mild tone.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing maintains an \u201cindependent foreign policy of peace\u201d and will \u201ccontinue to view and develop China-U.S. relations in accordance with the principles of peaceful coexistence, mutual respect and win-win cooperation,\u201d Mao said at a daily briefing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope the U.S. side can also meet us halfway and push China-U.S. relations back on the track of sound and stable development,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Find more of AP&#8217;s China coverage at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/china\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/china;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/china<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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