BEIJING: China’s rubber-stamp parliament gave Premier Li Keqiang a second five-year term, but he faces a tenure deeper in the shadow of the country’s powerful leader Xi Jinping.
Li, 62, was re-appointed yesterday with 2,964 votes in favour and two against during the annual session of the National People’s Congress at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, one day after Xi was unanimously given a second term.
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