This combination image shows (from left) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA This combination image shows (from left) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA
This combination image shows (from left) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA
China /  Politics

Xi Jinping will have no limit to his term, but what about leaders in the rest of the world? 

Angela Merkel has been chancellor of Germany for over 12 years, while Shinzo Abe is on his fourth term as prime minister of Japan

Topic |   China's Two Sessions 2018
Yujing Liu
Yujing Liu

Updated: 5:44pm, 6 Mar, 2018

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This combination image shows (from left) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA This combination image shows (from left) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA
This combination image shows (from left) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA
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