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		</div><p>Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been awarded a third five-year term as president, putting him on track to stay in power for life.</p>
<p>The endorsement of Mr Xi’s appointment by the ceremonial National People’s Congress (NPC) on Friday was a foregone conclusion for a leader who has sidelined potential rivals and filled the top ranks of the ruling Communist Party with his supporters since taking power in 2012.</p>
<p>The vote for Mr Xi was 2,952 to 0 by the NPC, members of which are appointed by the ruling party.</p>
<p>Mr Xi, 69, had himself named to a third five-year term as party general secretary in October, breaking with a tradition under which Chinese leaders handed over power once a decade.</p>
<p>A two-term limit on the figurehead presidency was deleted from the Chinese constitution earlier, prompting suggestions he might stay in power for life.</p>
<p>No candidate lists were distributed and Mr Xi and others were believed to have run unopposed. For the most part, the election process remains shrouded in secrecy.</p>
<p>Mr Xi was also unanimously named commander of the 2 million-member People’s Liberation Army, a force that explicitly takes its orders from the party rather than the country.</p>
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