Censorship authorities started their work on limiting online discussion by banning a multitude of terms and words from the Chinese microblogging site Weibo — and the list is almost endless. Among the 21 proposed amendments is the eradication of the current two-term limit of China’s presidents and vice presidents. With this proposed amendment, Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, would be maintaining his seat as president indefinitely. ADVERTISEMENTAs to the list banning certain words and terms, these include “Animal Farm”, “disagree,” “incapable ruler,” “I oppose” and “go against the tide,” among many others. Cody Cepeda/JBRELATED STORIES:China’s Xi poised to make historic grab at indefinite ruleChina defends planned scrapping of presidential term limits

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 05, 2018 10:41 UTC