Xi Jinping is expected to win a third five-year term at a Chinese Communist Party conclave in Beijing later this year, a mark of the Chinese leader's ruthless determination to upend retirement conventions and rule for life.
China's top two diplomats, Yang Jiechi, left, and Wang Yi, right, are set to leave their positions within the year. President Xi Jinping hopes to override retirement norms and rule for a third five-year term. © Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images, Reuters
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