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Xi Jinping puts favourite Li Xi in charge of new anti-corruption offensive

Li Xi has been appointed to head the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection with the twin objectives of purging the army and the Communist Youth League. [...] (454 words)

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