China's communist party enshrines Xi's power by adding his name to constitution

(24 Oct 2017) China's ruling Communist Party moved on Tuesday to confirm Xi Jinping's rise to becoming the country's most powerful leader in decades by amending its constitution to add his name and ideology.
Xi's concept of "socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era" was added to the party constitution at the close of a twice-a-decade major congress.
The concept Xi has touted is seen as marking a break from the stage of economic reform ushered in by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s and continued under his successors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
In a sign of Xi's greater clout, his name was attached to his theory, putting him on par with Deng and communist China's founder, Mao Zedong.
Xi has described his concept as central to setting China on the path to becoming a "great modern socialist country" by midcentury.
He's set the target dates of 2021 — the 100th anniversary of the party's founding — and the People's Republic's centenary in 2049 — for the establishment of a prosperous, modern society.
The Party's constitution was also amended to include references to the party's "absolute" leadership over the armed forces and a commitment to promote Xi's signature foreign policy and infrastructure initiative known as "One Belt, One Road."
That initiative seeks to link China to Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, Europe and beyond with a sprawling network of roads, railways, ports and other economic projects.

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