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China reaffirms Xi’s leadership, backs purge
The Morning Standard
|October 24, 2025
CHINA’s ruling Communist Party on Thursday reaffirmed the “core” leadership of President Xi Jinping as the head of the party and the powerful military, while backing a major purge of top military officials and endorsing a new 5-year plan for a more resilient domestic market.
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The announcement came after the Chinese Communist Party’s 370-member-strong key body, called the plenum, met from Monday to Thursday. It called on the party and country to unite behind Xi as it ended its four-day meeting. The 72-year-old leader is in his unprecedented third term in power, becoming the o
This story is from the October 24, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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