China’s parliament unanimously reappointed Xi Jinping as president while installing one of his most trusted allies as vice president, highlighting how little public opposition remains to his rule.
The rubber-stamp National People’s Congress voted 2,970-to-0 to give Xi a second five-year term Saturday, days after repealing a constitutional provision that would’ve barred him from a third. Although legislative dissent is rare -- only four lawmakers withheld support for Xi’s first term in 2013 -- no president has received a unanimous vote in at least a quarter-century.
The legislature also confirmed Wang Qishan -- a well-known economic reformer who oversaw Xi’s