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Secret meeting sets weakened Xi Jinping's succession in motion

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Wang Yang, the influential former chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Wang Yang, the influential former chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. © Li Xueren/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Intelligence Online can confirm that President Xi Jinping convened a secret gathering of former high-ranking Politburo Standing Committee members in mid-May. In an unprecedented move, the Communist Party elders discussed the frail president's succession.

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