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The Seven Men Who Will Rule China for the Next Five Years
- New Politburo Standing Committee surrounds Xi with loyalists
- Communist panel manages affairs for one-fifth of humanity
China's Top Political Body Shows No Clear Successor
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President Xi Jinping walked onto the red carpet of China’s Great Hall of the People on Wednesday having amassed more power than any leader in a generation.
Behind him followed -- in order of rank -- the other six members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the panel that meets weekly to manage the affairs of almost one-fifth of the world’s population. The new line-up chosen after the Communist Party’s twice-a-decade congress surrounds Xi with loyalists to advance his ambitious plans to cement one-party rule and complete China’s reemergence as a great power.