Complete control: Xi secures historic 3rd term as China’s leader

Chinese President Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as the country’s leader Sunday as he filled his inner circle with close allies, achieving complete dominance over the ruling Communist Party after a decade in power.

The party’s Central Committee elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year term, bringing the country back toward one-man rule after decades of power-sharing among its elite.

« I wish to thank the whole party sincerely for the trust you have placed in us, » Xi told journalists at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People after the…