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Premier Li Keqiang's future to be decided in Beidaihe

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at a teleconference on implementing policies to stabilize the economy on 25 May, 2022. © Yan Yan/Xinhua/Xinhua via AFP

Chinese Communist Party officials have met in the utmost secrecy at the seaside resort to decide on how the transition to the president's third term will pan out. [...]

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