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TETSUSHI TAKAHASHI, Nikkei China bureau chief

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is probably the only national leader in the world who has managed to consolidate power despite facing the threat of the novel coronavirus.

Helped by the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian one-party rule, he will continue to wield power as the country's supreme leader over the next five years.

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