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The Ukraine crisis could bring back elements of "collective leadership" to China, unraveling Xi Jinping's one-man rule. (Nikkei montage of Xinhua, Kyodo, AP, Reuters photos)
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Analysis: Ukraine crisis throws China's top 7 leaders into disarray

Aligning with Russia comes at a huge cost

KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer | China

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

For around a week in February, China's top leadership disappeared from the news cycle.

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