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gbtimes Reports on China’s Leadership Change

On November 8, 2012, the Communist Party of China will convene the 18th Party Congress, during which the new Central Committee will be elected. The Central Committee, in turn, elects the 25-member Politburo, from whose members the Standing Committee, China’s top decision-making body, are chosen. Xi Jinping, a member of China’s fifth-generation of political leaders, is widely tipped to replace General Secretary Hu Jintao. - October 13, 2012