Xi Jinping secures historic third term as Chinese president

Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on March 10th, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.Xi was reappointed as president by China’s rubber-stamp legislature in a ceremonial vote in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.Since the last few months, Xi has faced extensive criticism for his zero-Covid policy, which resulted in the deaths of countless people after it was abandoned.