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The new 'China Seven' leadership lineup

How the Politburo Standing Committee members reached the top

The Chinese Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee may be referred to as the "China Seven," but these days power is increasingly concentrated in the hands of one man: President Xi Jinping.

The latest sign of this came in a party communique that omitted the words "collective leadership."

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