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Xi Jinping's quiet manoeuvres sound death knell for pro-business China Communist Youth League

Published on 21.03.2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

A ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the China Communist Youth League on 10 May 2022 in Beijing. © Zhai Jianlan/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Li Keqiang's retirement in favour of new premier Li Qiang signal the end of the once powerful faction close to China's business community and its advisers. The movement has been gradually silenced to allow another league close to the president to emerge.

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China Xi Jinping's quiet manoeuvres sound death knell for pro-business China Communist Youth League

Li Keqiang's retirement in favour of new premier Li Qiang signal the end of the once powerful faction close to China's business community and its advisers. The movement has been gradually silenced to allow another league close to the president to emerge.

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Xi Jinping's quiet manoeuvres sound death knell for pro-business China Communist Youth League

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