China’s move to abolish presidential term limits is more unpopular than the government thought — so it’s turning to censorship

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• China’s ruling Communist Party announced its plan to abolish presidential term limits on Sunday, which would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.
• A number of related phrases as well as pictures of Winnie the Pooh, which is said to look like Xi, were subsequently censored on Chinese social media.
• The censorship, that started several hours after the announcement, indicates the Chinese government may not have expected much criticism from citizens.

Criticism of the Chinese government’s desire to abolish presidential term limits has seen censorship soar since Sunday.

China’s constitution restricts the president and vice-president to serving a maximum of two terms – 10 years – with President Xi Jinping’s leadership due to end in 2023.

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