London, this is bbc world news. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in beijing where censors have been deleting online criticism of the announcement that president xi jinping could stay in power for decades to come. The proposal would remove a clause in chinas constitution that limits the head of state to just two terms in office. Some people online have accused the communist party of creating a dictator and becoming like north korea. John sudworth reports from beijing. Chanting. Its no secret that xi jinping has been tightening his grip on power. This is just the most recent display of tu bthumping military loyalty. But now, a defining moment has been reached. State media reports of closed door Party Meetings confirmed that the two term limit is to be scrapped. Theres nothing to fear, his supporters argue. Mr xi, the benevolent fatherfigure, is staying on for the good of the nation. China has become such a developed country, the middle class is increasing in size, as well as i
Front of the headquarters of the newspaper, Nanfang Zhoumo, they say freedom of speech has been buried and laid down mums to back up their accusation. The flower is traditionally handed out at funerals in china. Translator its a violation of our rights. I cant stand it. Were at the boiling point. Reporter things have been heating up for several days. Staff at the Nanfang Zhoumo planned to run a new years message calling for freedom of speech. But the journalists say local authorities ordered major edits. Once chinese citizens found out, they wrote message after message to show their opposition to the censorship and support for the journalists. Most of their posts have been deleted. Chinas constitution grant freedom of speech and a press, but communist officials sometimes order the media to stay away from stories that put the party or the government in an unfavorable light. Staff at a newspaper took the rare step of running an editorial, calling journalists and protesters to calm down.
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