China's communist party enshrines Xi's power by adding his name to constitution

(24 Oct 2017) China's ruling Communist Party moved on Tuesday to confirm Xi Jinping's rise to becoming the country's most powerful leader in decades by amending its constitution to add his name and ideology.
Xi's concept of "socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era" was added to the party constitution at the close of a twice-a-decade major congress.
The concept Xi has touted is seen as marking a break from the stage of economic reform ushered in by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s and continued under his successors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
In a sign of Xi's greater clout, his name was attached to his theory, putting him on par with Deng and communist China's founder, Mao Zedong.
Xi has described his concept as central to setting China on the path to becoming a "great modern socialist country" by midcentury.
He's set the target dates of 2021 - the 100th anniversary of the party's founding - and the People's Republic's centenary in 2049 - for the establishment of a prosperous, modern society.
The Party's constitution was also amended to include references to the party's "absolute" leadership over the armed forces and a commitment to promote Xi's signature foreign policy and infrastructure initiative known as "One Belt, One Road."
That initiative seeks to link China to Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, Europe and beyond with a sprawling network of roads, railways, ports and other economic projects.
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[@joaogrrr]

Jiang Zemin: *slight clap* "I can't bothered with this bullshit. Wake me up when it's something important.

[@type144]

hahahahahahaha

[@user-un5ob9cx3k]

+1S

[@untitled6391]

Dude's old

[@oll9693]

Is age no one can walk but he came is big deal most of us not able to level up to his age

[@joaogrrr]

@@oll9693 +15 social credit

[@davyboywilliams]

Jiang Zemin: wake me up when I care.

[@snjxsnnn]

😄

[@charlescxgo7629]

Jiang is not amused

[@erichuang7524]

Haha, I love Jiang Zemin. He's funny. Looks like he's dozing off here

[@beeguyasai3549]

man he is 90+. This is an ordeal for an old man to sit for a long time for such meeting.

[@heyuan5726]

Just like Biden?

[@thanhdinh3179]

If you watch the other videos recording other members the majority of them were also dozing off during Xi’s 3.5 speech😂

[@mojewjewjew4420]

And he is dead.

[@monkeynuts456456]

poor jiang zemin, he keeps dozing off

[@balorduomo]

understandable. He's over 90 y.o.

[@cultofmalgus1310]

@Fuck Your Ketuanan that's actually scary as hell!

[@HeAiNtMaN]

@Saudi King Volintine Ander of Arabia By the time you are 94, you are already ashes for 40 years.

[@MSRLR]

I dont speak chinese. But i think xi xingping is “too simple. Sometimes naive” 😂😂

[@challenging100y4]

lol

[@joewong9068]

Hahahahah. I even don't speak Chinese, but i wanna say "Ni Tm Zhen NB"

[@skysky9518]

haha

[@bot01020]

@Make America Great Again he's referencing the "jiang ze min rage to the reporters"

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Ironically Xi is the opposite of those 2.

[@awc6007]

1:01 is Zemin falling asleep because he’s old and tired or because he’s bored af

[@CaptainAhab117]

Battle toad is barely holding on there.

[@mark31995]

If anyone besides jiang was sleeping during this they would be arrested and killed

[@voraten7206]

Only happens in North Korea mate, you confused China with North Korea...

[@powerslave6944]

He’s bored af with being a long time Communist of CCP. He should be retiring I can’t believe that he’s still alive.

[@michaelgarcia5437]

Oh his is bored in his China oh and he is 94

[@roqume1227]

99% of comments : is about Jiang Zemin is sleepy 1% of comments : is about Xi Jinping is wanting to be the new "emperor" of China or another thing

[@Mike-fn4ti]

98% not 99% because you comment about comments

[@swagpeach9850]

Jiang is sitting beside the guy who put him under house arrest

[@Piyaphum]

I came here for Jiang Zemin only

[@dreamofsprings]

Just remember that jiang zemin is 91 years old here

[@confucious8837]

Jiang Zemin in the video is 91 years old !

[@mustaineforpresident]

Too Ximple... Sometimes naxive!

[@denkoxh8610]

Jiang Zemin stole the show

[@4nn1_4nn1gaming]

谢谢你们！

[@supremearya]

Jiang zemin faction is still strong in CPC. Don't know about Hu.

[@Reiwah]

Is there anywhere where i can watch or read about CCP factions power struggle?

[@mark31995]

Don’t jiang zemin loyalists have a nickname ? I tried to search for the name but i swear they are called something

[@mark31995]

Found it! “Shanghai Gang”

[@comradeking4427]

@@Reiwah read Nikolai Vavilov's book "Chinese Power"

[@bigboiboris8709]

This aged well

[@user-gq5re5po2j]

he was just too tired!

[@kotasbyubilieau8365]

You can not force an undergraduate student from a top university to listen to a speech that is performed by a primary school doctor.

[@thekidhartford5266]

Jiang claps for as long or as little as he likes.....zero fucks given

[@Goesunminyyu]

accurate!!!!!!!!!

[@roadent217]

Old men. Running the world. A new age! Old men. Warning! Warning!

[@user-do9lu1vh8c]

法海雷音如來 _____()_____

[@mohrameez4173]

As you wish boss.

[@wric01]

Equal in chairs and in order, no emperor throne. Autocracy and shared power.

[@user-du6ml4ur3y]

江总站不起来了，在后面顶着才能站起来鼓掌

[@dillonsong5551]

Those are like the evil forces that smother Chinese’s throats.

[@Nymnicole]

91，身体还是真不错。

[@ricofred1502]

one sad day in Chinese history

[@vgcamara]

China missed this great opportunity to kick out this dictator and put someone in power that can lead the country towards a bright future. A future of openness instead of isolation. They will pay greatly the next 5 years for this mistake

[@zorannikolic8779]

Tako je,trebali su postavit za predsednika Kine Emanuela Makrona ,Scholza ili Analenu Berbok....😂😂😂😂

[@whatyou2117]

开完会，，，，，，该吃吃该喝喝

[@ajph5088]

Zemin was a good leader

[@ajph5088]

@Blue-Creeper UTTP THDTC no he wast he is maybe one of China's greatest leaders

[@salatino2482]

@Manny Singh Gill Falun Gong is a cult and there's no organ harvesting

[@pfw4568]

He could have killed the whole world and i would still sympathetic toward him. It's something about his looks. I can't put my Finger on what it is exactly.

[@ajph5088]

@@pfw4568 He introduced reforms into china.

[@indradutta8289]

@@ajph5088 what is falung gong exactly?

[@tm9179]

Behold

[@ihk2421]

I love how everyone put there hand up because else they would find them self in a labour camp

[@jayjikao]

Gulag

[@tdtc6776]

总加速师，感谢你上位。

[@srinivassc6281]

Long live long March communist revolution

[@bigawdays5724]

Jesus jiang what happened to u

[@avarmauk]

Even Xi’s allies know he’s too powerful now

[@user-gs9rp8js1x]

长者还穿个马甲，讲究人啊

[@zzl1388]

A group of the emperor

[@mohrameez4173]

Sport.

[@user-gy7dg1sx5i]

习相忘于江湖

[@xianshengzhang2223]

老江是真心瞧不上他

[@user-qe7ti3eh6l]

老江后面那个支柱就是曾经把涛哥手打下去那个保镖吧

[@bappadutta7225]

Lal Salam 🙏

[@tenkuntenchok9119]

Hahaha

[@dheeraj3443]

总书记 习近平永远

[@omarhaq9635]

Jiang & Xi both engineers

[@mark31995]

Yup as well as hu and so we’re their premiers I believe

[@techasapcharoen]

蛤蛤一脸不屑的表情啊😎

[@untitled6391]

So fake and orchestrated

[@guoxiangyang2024]

Xi Jinping is a red second generation！

[@boriborimango]

Sleepy zemin

[@DK-jr3jy]

不看稿子，啥也不会

[@congyu7363]

单小科 你这头猪说话小心点

[@kuimo5109]

司马废物把你野爹包子联合国70周年即兴讲话看30遍再来逼逼

[@congyu7363]

Kui Mo 放你的屁

[@user-on6mn2se4i]

@@congyu7363 傻逼北方人

[@aloysze]

江湖都很不爽

[@aa-wt5ii]

胡锦涛80岁了有糖尿病，江泽民快100岁了，你想他们两个做出什么样的面部表情？？

[@user-lr7dw2hp9v]

習始皇

[@therealdeal6659]

LOL BASED ASF

[@user-ws2kb6bw4q]

原来以为老者没有底线，现在一比较，看来他还是有良知的

[@user-gx7se1zk1s]

1:10长者很不爽

[@bernardtan1]

Ziang Zemin asleep like a frog, his Dad worked as a puppet for Japanese during WW2 against Chinese people.

[@user-vv3dz9mb6r]

睡着了。。。。

[@whatyou2117]

睡觉

[@davidliu5074]

谁不举手我整死谁

[@annakatiska5889]

So have is the taste of the communist life? How far away it took people from God? Have you got your chance to be a snitch or squealer, or alike?

[@vtron9832]

Anna Katiska we communists are secular and some of us even atheist (including me). We do not address matters of religion internally unless it is for the benefit of religious minorities and the disestablishment of organized religion.

[@user-zc4vc8rf7w]

+1s

[@too33322]

蛤蟆快睡着了，都不想鼓掌

[@LolLol-sm7mt]

Feel so North Korea 🇰🇵......

[@hmmmhmmm6917]

Good

[@DanielAndFred]

china is basically the bigger version of nk

[@oldtrafford2061]

千篇一律的废话，长者快睡着了

[@annakatiska5889]

So have is the taste of the communist life? How far away it took people from God? Have you got your chance to be a snitch or squealer, or alike?

[@vtron9832]

Anna Katiska luckily, China’s is a secular government with no mentions of gods.

[@vtron9832]

Waffles I am glad we agree on abandonment of organized religion, but just let each person believe or not believe in things.