Board 8 > China to eliminate term limits for presidents, up internet censorship

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SeabassDebeste 03/01/18 9:15:42 AM #1:	Among the 21 proposed amendments, the one with perhaps the deepest potential impact on the future of Chinese politics and society deals with paragraph 3 of article 79, which would eradicate the current limit of PRC presidents and vice-presidents to two five-year terms. This would effectively set President Xi Jinping up to maintain his seat as president indefinitely. Erosion of the succession rules and conventions introduced by Deng Xiaoping to prevent the chaos that followed Mao Zedongs consolidation of personal power has long been anticipated, and speculation along this line deepened last autumn when Xi failed to introduce a likely successor at the 19th Party Congress. Article contains a big list of terms they've found censored on Weibo (Chinese social media). Some of the obvious ones: Xi Zedong () long live the emperor () ascend the throne () 1984 Animal Farm () thousands of years () Winnie the Pooh () Images of Winnie the Pooh have been used to mock Xi Jinping since as early as 2013. The animated bear continues to be sensitive in China. Weibo users shared a post from Disneys official account that showed Pooh hugging a large pot of honey along with the caption find the thing you love and stick with it. personality cult () Brave New World () https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/02/sensitive-words-emperor-xi-jinping-ascend-throne/ --- yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness <cite>SeabassDebeste posted [p:896981577] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote><quote>Among the 21 proposed amendments, the one with perhaps the deepest potential impact on the future of Chinese politics and society deals with paragraph 3 of article 79, which would eradicate the current limit of PRC presidents and vice-presidents to two five-year terms. This would effectively set President Xi Jinping up to maintain his seat as president indefinitely. Erosion of the succession rules and conventions introduced by Deng Xiaoping to prevent the chaos that followed Mao Zedongs consolidation of personal power has long been anticipated, and speculation along this line deepened last autumn when Xi failed to introduce a likely successor at the 19th Party Congress.</quote> Article contains a big list of terms they've found censored on Weibo (Chinese social media). Some of the obvious ones: Xi Zedong () long live the emperor () ascend the throne () 1984 Animal Farm () thousands of years () Winnie the Pooh () Images of Winnie the Pooh have been used to mock Xi Jinping since as early as 2013. The animated bear continues to be sensitive in China. Weibo users shared a post from Disneys official account that showed Pooh hugging a large pot of honey along with the caption find the thing you love and stick with it. personality cult () Brave New World () https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/02/sensitive-words-emperor-xi-jinping-ascend-throne/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrestonStarry2 03/01/18 9:36:59 AM #2:	...? <cite>PrestonStarry2 posted [p:896982321] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote>...?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Mana Sword 03/01/18 9:53:14 AM #3:	--- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/Gylgamesh501.png <cite>The Mana Sword posted [p:896982932] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
swirIdude 03/01/18 10:13:45 AM #4:	So China is poised to become the world power and have a dictatorship. Lovely. --- "The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima BKSheikah won Guru, but you know that. <cite>swirIdude posted [p:896983774] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote>So China is poised to become the world power and have a dictatorship. Lovely.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 03/01/18 10:46:29 AM #5:	Hopefully Trump doesn' get any inspiration <_< --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:896985194] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote>Hopefully Trump doesn' get any inspiration <_<</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FinalistCloud 03/01/18 10:55:17 AM #6:	ChaosTonyV4 posted... Hopefully Trump doesn' get any inspiration <_< At least you're finally admitting there is no way he loses whatsoever in 3 years.... The final step is acceptance. Good luck. <cite>FinalistCloud posted [p:896985582] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted...</cite> <quote>Hopefully Trump doesn' get any inspiration <_<</quote> At least you're finally admitting there is no way he loses whatsoever in 3 years.... The final step is acceptance. Good luck.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RPGlord95 03/01/18 11:32:05 AM #7:	Isn't this how the Three Kingdoms started? Oh man Wei coming back! Cao Cao XXXIV --- Whiskey Nick on his cell phone "Every man's heart one day beats its final beat." -Warrior <cite>RPGlord95 posted [p:896987415] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote>Isn't this how the Three Kingdoms started? Oh man Wei coming back! Cao Cao XXXIV</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Grand Kirby 03/01/18 11:45:48 AM #8:	Wait, was Full Throttle secretly mocking Chinese totalitarianism all along? --- Okay, I rolled a 14. What's that mean? Hsu That you're a cheater. This is a 12-sided die. Chan <cite>Grand Kirby posted [p:896988145] in China to e... [t:76369941]...</cite> <quote>Wait, was Full Throttle secretly mocking Chinese totalitarianism all along?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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