“Chinese Communist Party Congress set to anoint Xi as president for life”
If you read past the headline, the article goes on to say “We can be almost certain that Xi, as the Communist Party’s general secretary, will be appointed for another five-year term,” and “Technically speaking, since the term limit has been removed, he can stay in power for life, [although] that may require some formal ceremonies after five years.”
Apparently, a theoretical 5 year term that they aren’t even completely sure will happen means for life, and “technically speaking, he can” means he will do so.
Did they forget that Xi is, in fact, not the only person running the government? Have they never seen photos of congress? I don’t know much about China’s political system, but I’m pretty sure there’s some type of election system for representatives and such. You know, like many other countries?