China Politburo Excludes Women for First Time in 25 Years
- Lone female leaving Politburo not replaced, defying norms
- Xi breaks host of party rules to stack top bodies with allies
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China won’t have a woman sitting on its Politburo for the first time in 25 years, marking a major regression in gender representation as President Xi Jinping tore up Communist Party leadership norms.