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Central Military Commission

When it comes to running China, the most powerful officials in government are probably the members of the Politburo Standing Committee, lining up here for the news media at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 25, 2017. But the man with the

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The Chinese Communist Party just wrapped up its big once-every-five-years political meeting in Beijing. President Xi Jinping was the man of the hour.

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