Chinese President becomes most powerful leader since Mao Zedong

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has been elevated to the same status as Mao Zedong with the Chinese constitution rewritten on Tuesday to give him extended powers.

Xi Jinping is openly ambitious for  China to become the most powerful country in the world.

But how will the president’s new status affect the international community?

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