China Scraps Chance for Premier to Upstage Xi
Xi Jinping, center, Li Qiang, China’s premier, right, and Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee, left, in Beijing on Monday.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China wants to change how it talks to its people.