China's ruling Communist Party has dusted off a Mao-era honorific for President Xi Jinping, cementing his status as the most powerful ruler since the Great Helmsman himself.
The term "lingxiu" has more reverential and spiritual connotations than the ordinary term for leader, and has not been used since the time of Mao's successor Hua Guofeng.
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Rumoured to have died a few months ago, 91-year-old former Chinese president Jiang Zemin roused social media users Wednesday by taking a prominent place at the ruling Communist Party's leadership Congress.
Proving that reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated, the former leader sat next to President Xi Jinping and stood for the national anthem as the twice-a-decade congress openedRead more
China's Communist Party opened a five-yearly congress on Wednesday that is expected to hand President Xi Jinping a second five-year term as its general secretary.
Xi entered a packed chamber in the imposing Great Hall of the People, followed by his two predecessors, Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, as the 2,300 delegates clapped.
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