TOKYO -- May was a turning point in President Xi Jinping's power struggle against his political rivals.
In China's Communist Party, there are always fierce standoffs among high party officials over political and economic policy. But the ruling party is usually portrayed as monolith to the Chinese public and the outside world. Chinese media, backed by the party or the government, do not report on divisions among the policymaking elite.
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