The eternal Xi

Xi Jinping turns 70 years old this Thursday. He has been leading the People's Republic for more than a decade. His tenure would normally come to an end now. However, he continues. This raises several questions: Why doesn't Xi want to retire? Or perhaps he can't retire at all?

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14. June 2023
230609 -- HOHHOT, June 9, 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC, delivers an important speech during a fact-finding trip to survey the work of border management and control and the development of border troops in north China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 7, 2023. Xi extended greetings to border troops stationed in the region on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the CMC.  CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-XI JINPING-BORDER TROOPS-SURVEY CN LixGang PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

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Last updated: 24. July 2025