The Watcher: Meaning and significance of China’s constitutional amendment

I’m Robert Lawrence Kuhn and here’s what I’m watching - the Amendment to the State Constitution, a prime focus of attention at the 2018 National People’s Congress here in Beijing.

To judge by the whirlwind of Western reactions, one could be forgiven for assuming that the only clause in the amendment is abolishing term limits for the president and vice president. In fact, there are more than 20 separate clauses in this Constitutional Amendment – all proposed by the Party’s Central Committee - and to understand where China is going, one must understand the meaning and intent of the totality of all the clauses.

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