China's leader elevated to the level of Mao in Communist pantheon
Source: The Washington Post
By Simon Denyer October 24 at 5:59 AM
BEIJING — China’s Communist Party formally elevated President Xi Jinping to the same status as party legends Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping on Tuesday, writing his name into its constitution and setting the nation’s leader up for an extended stay in power.
The move will make Xi the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, with ambitions to tighten party control over society and make his country a superpower on the world stage.
The unanimous vote to enshrine “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a New Era” in the constitution came on the final day of the week-long 19th Party Congress, a gathering of the party elite held once every five years in the imposing and cavernous Great Hall of the People on the western side of Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square.
The meeting effectively marks the start of Xi’s second five-year-term as party general secretary, but the chances are now higher that this will not be his last -- although in the opaque world of Chinese party politics, nothing is certain.
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to a more modern successful society. The change was amazing. Something like this could not have happened in the US as we do not have effective leadership.
Bernie for life president would be my dream. 
