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Is Xi becoming a dictator?

China's parliament is expected to allow the constitution to be changed to let President Xi Jinping serve longer than the currently mandated two terms. This would sweep aside a system of power-sharing that has been in place for decades and let the 64 year-old Xi become president for life. So, what is behind the decision? Carrie Gracie has been speaking to Didi Kirsten Tatlow, visiting fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin. (Photo credit: GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images

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