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Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping's new politburo emerges from lengthy and secret selection procedure

Chinese President Xi Jinping. © Rungroj Yongrit/Pool via Reuters

All new members of the Chinese Communist Party's politburo and discipline inspection committee appointed during the party's October congress were subjected to unprecedented scrutiny by Xi Jinping's closest collaborators. As a result, some factions saw their influence wiped out completely. [...]

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