Who’s who in Xi Jinping’s China as leader cements power
by Verna Yu and Emma Graham-Harrison in Taipei from World news | The Guardian on (#65178)
An introduction to the loyal Xi acolytes on the Politburo Standing Committee who will now shape Xi's vision for China
China's leader, Xi Jinping, claimed his third term in power this weekend, and swept men from rival factions out of the Politburo Standing Committee, the seven-strong nucleus of political power in China
It is now packed with men - there has never been a woman on the PSC - who are loyal Xi acolytes, in what one analyst described as maximum Xi".
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