BEIJING: China's propaganda gadget kicked into overdrive on Tuesday to shield the Communist Party's move to lift time period limits for President Xi Jinping as criticism continued on social media in defiance of censorship.
The celebration has shocked many observers by way of proposing a constitutional amendment to end the two-term restrict for president, giving Xi a clear trail to rule the arena's 2d biggest economic system for lifestyles.
Censors have scrambled to dam critical feedback on social media but users of the Twitter-like Weibo website persisted to speak out on Tuesday, two days after the celebration's announcement.
"So pathetic, we have 1.3 billion people, no one can resist," wrote one consumer.
Another lamented the lack of political reform: "I once believed that I could see a president elected by one man, one vote in my lifetime."
Censors blocked searches for the phrases "I object", "proclaimed king", "tenure system" and "Winnie the Pooh" -- the portly caricature endure to which Xi has been when compared.
Xi is predicted to secure a 2d five-year time period when the rubber-stamp National People's Congress opens its annual plenary session on Monday.
State-run media revealed new editorials praising the Central Committee's proposed amendment, which is predicted to be licensed right through the legislative session and would allow Xi to stay in energy beyond 2023.
The China Daily, an English-language newspaper, mentioned the celebration's decision "has been necessitated by the need to perfect the Party and the State leadership system".
The day by day mentioned the celebration has all the time proposed amendments that "have injected new ideas and concepts about where the country will go and how it will achieve its goal of rejuvenation and ensure people live happier lives".
The Global Times, a nationalist tabloid, was much more profuse in its reward of the amendment in an editorial titled "Constitution change responds to new era".
Since Xi took energy as celebration leader in 2012, it wrote, "the new ruling team has not just been muddling along under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping. Instead, it quickly started to deepen reforms in a comprehensive and magnificent way".
The newspaper took a shot at the political system of the United States and Europe.
"It has shaped and affected quite a few Chinese people's mind-sets. But some key parts of the Western value system are collapsing. Democracy, which has been explored and practiced by Western societies for hundreds of years, is ulcerating," it mentioned.
"China cannot stop and take a break... Our country must not be disturbed by the outside world or lose our confidence as the West grows increasingly vigilant toward China."
The celebration has shocked many observers by way of proposing a constitutional amendment to end the two-term restrict for president, giving Xi a clear trail to rule the arena's 2d biggest economic system for lifestyles.
Censors have scrambled to dam critical feedback on social media but users of the Twitter-like Weibo website persisted to speak out on Tuesday, two days after the celebration's announcement.
"So pathetic, we have 1.3 billion people, no one can resist," wrote one consumer.
Another lamented the lack of political reform: "I once believed that I could see a president elected by one man, one vote in my lifetime."
Censors blocked searches for the phrases "I object", "proclaimed king", "tenure system" and "Winnie the Pooh" -- the portly caricature endure to which Xi has been when compared.
Xi is predicted to secure a 2d five-year time period when the rubber-stamp National People's Congress opens its annual plenary session on Monday.
State-run media revealed new editorials praising the Central Committee's proposed amendment, which is predicted to be licensed right through the legislative session and would allow Xi to stay in energy beyond 2023.
The China Daily, an English-language newspaper, mentioned the celebration's decision "has been necessitated by the need to perfect the Party and the State leadership system".
The day by day mentioned the celebration has all the time proposed amendments that "have injected new ideas and concepts about where the country will go and how it will achieve its goal of rejuvenation and ensure people live happier lives".
The Global Times, a nationalist tabloid, was much more profuse in its reward of the amendment in an editorial titled "Constitution change responds to new era".
Since Xi took energy as celebration leader in 2012, it wrote, "the new ruling team has not just been muddling along under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping. Instead, it quickly started to deepen reforms in a comprehensive and magnificent way".
The newspaper took a shot at the political system of the United States and Europe.
"It has shaped and affected quite a few Chinese people's mind-sets. But some key parts of the Western value system are collapsing. Democracy, which has been explored and practiced by Western societies for hundreds of years, is ulcerating," it mentioned.
"China cannot stop and take a break... Our country must not be disturbed by the outside world or lose our confidence as the West grows increasingly vigilant toward China."
China drowns out critics of lifetime Xi Jinping presidency
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