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Xi Move to Rule ‘for Life’ Has Created Challenges, Clinton Says

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WATCH: Clinton talks about US-China relations, and Chinese President Xi decision to retain power beyond the two terms of his immediate predecessors.Source: Bloomberg

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By Rebecca Choong Wilkins

November 9, 2023 at 5:02 AM UTC

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Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping’s precedent-defying decision to stay in power beyond two terms, saying it has caused problems for both the country and relations with the US.

Xi’s move created a lot of “challenges within their own system,” Clinton said in an interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the New Economy Forum in Singapore on Thursday. “I think we’re seeing some of that with the removal of top officials, some of the economic problems in the Chinese economy” and a “kind of chilling effect in terms of relations.”