Xi Jinping secures unprecedented 3rd term as China party chief

Chinese leader Xi Jinping secured Saturday an unprecedented third five-year term as general secretary, with the ruling Communist Party further cementing his unswerving power and authority through an amendment to the party constitution.With the revision to the supreme rule made at the closing ceremony of its twice-a-decade congress, all Communist Party members are obliged to be loyal to the 69-year-old leader, already the country's most powerful figure in decades, and protect his prominent status.Premier Li Keqiang, 67, who is set to retire next spring, and Wang Yang, 67, head of the Chinese…READ FULL ARTICLE