BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday set the stage for President Xi Jinping to stay in office indefinitely, with a proposal to remove a constitutional clause limiting presidential service to just two terms in office. Since taking office more than five years ago, Xi has overseen a radical shake-up of the party, including taking down top leaders… Read more »
In China, the President and Vice President are limited to two five-year terms. However, an article by Al Jazeera noted the Communist Party of China desires to change this term limit, allowing future leaders to serve more than two consecutive terms. Current President Xi Jinping would benefit the most from the new amendment to the constitution, as it would allow… Read more »
On December 7, a group of one-year-old students were getting ready to play outside at their nursery school on the Japanese island of Okinawa when the sound of a low-flying helicopter and a loud bang rang out. Miyagi’s colleagues ran to the roof and found a cylindrical object with a red label bearing the words: “Remove before flight” and “US”…. Read more »
The United States is willing to talk to North Korea, but only if those talks will lead to an end of the North Korean nuclear programme. “We will see if Pyongyang’s message today, that it is willing to hold talks, represents the first steps along the path to denuclearisation,” the White House said. “In the meantime, the United States and… Read more »
China’s ruling party is considering scrapping term limits for the president and vice president, it announced on Sunday. The Communist party of China has proposed to change the country’s constitution so that the president and vice president can serve more than two consecutive terms. Currently, there is a limit of two five-year terms for both presidents and vice presidents. The… Read more »
The Philippines will allow an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in its bloody war on drugs, but not if it is conducted by the United Nations’ current special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, a senior official said on Tuesday. More than 30 mostly Western countries have called on the Philippines to allow the UN expert, Agnes Callamard, to look into… Read more »