China banned the letter N from the internet after people used it to attack Xi Jinping’s plan to rule forever

• China censored the letter N from its internet for at least a day.
• The ban came as China cracked down on online discussion over the Chinese Communist Party’s proposal to scrap presidential term limits.
• Abolishing term limits would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.
• It’s not entirely clear why the government targeted N, but we have a few theories.

China temporarily banned the letter N from being published online after people started using it to criticize a plan which paves the way for Xi Jinping to rule the country indefinitely.

The Chinese Communist Party on Sunday proposed to abolish the two-term term limit for the president and vice-president, sparking an online backlash which it has been trying to control.

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