Deng Xiaoping

In the realm of Chinese politics, Chairman Xi Jinping has long been viewed as an indomitable force, steering the nation with an iron grip. However, recent events suggest cracks in his formidable facade as mounting setbacks challenge his once-unassailable position.

President Xi Jinping's expected reappointment for a third five-year term as head of the Chinese Communist Party and the military is set to be a watershed moment in China's modern history. As with Deng Xiaoping's launch of economic reforms in 1979 and his decision a decade later to crush pro-democracy protests with force, it will — for better or worse — radically alter the country's course.

The lawmakers at the congress of the People's Assembly voted to lift the restrictions on the presidency in the country, which opens the way for the life-long management of the head of state, Xi Jinping, reports bgnes. 

I was recently in Tehran on a day trip. There was a fresh feeling in the air, a kind of happiness that bubbles over and makes you anxious. It was as if Iran is about to get married to globalization. It is the night before and the country has a collective bellyache.

China has legalised overseas counter-terror operations by its military, details of a controversial new law showed, as it tries to tie violence linked to mainly Muslim Xinjiang into global concerns about extremism.