Prospect of 'Chairman Xi' fuels debate as China party congress nears

Potential shift to Mao-esque rule from collective leadership alarms many members

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- With China's twice-a-decade Communist Party congress two weeks away, debate is heating up over whether the Mao-era title of "chairman" will be revived for President Xi Jinping, a change that could position him to lead for life but remains deeply controversial.

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