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Women fail to crack China's glass ceiling as party picks new leaders

Thu, Oct 26, 2017 - 5:50 AM

Sun Chunlan, head of the party body charged with outreach to non-communists, is the only woman in the new 25-member Politburo.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Beijing

EVERY time China's ruling Communist Party convenes a major gathering, such as the congress that just ended in Beijing, the list of delegates is hand-crafted in part to burnish the party's image as "representative of the masses" - including giving some prominence to those in more...

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