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    Xi for life? China turns its back on collective leadership.

    Feb 28, 2018 4 minutes

    In late January, as leaders of the Chinese Communist Party met behind closed doors to discuss changes to China’s Constitution, Yu Wensheng, a prominent human rights lawyer, decided to offer some suggestions. In a letter published online on Jan. 18, he called for a series of reforms that included open presidential elections.

    Mr. Yu was taken into custody the next day. Police detained him as he left his Beijing apartment buildingto walk his 13-year-old son to school. Two weeks later, he was charged “inciting subversion of state power,” an offense that carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. He’s almost certain to be convicted, given that China has

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