Chinese President Xi Jinping set to serve for a third term


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Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to serve for a third term after he was elected to the Central Committee by the ruling Communist Party on Saturday, PTI reported. The Central Committee is the Communist Party’s highest organ of authority. It elects members of the Politburo, Standing Committee and the Central Military Commission. Members of the Politburo and the Standing Committee will be elected on Sunday. After a week-long Congress of the Communist Party, the committee retired several top leaders, including Premier Li Keqiang and Wang Yang, to make room for Xi’s allies, CNN reported. Li and Wang are regarded...