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China enshrines 'Xi Jinping Thought', cementing his power ahead of 2nd term
His Belt and Road initiative to build infrastructure linking China with its neighbours is also included in constitution
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Tue, Oct 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
CHINA'S ruling Communist Party enshrined President Xi Jinping's political thought into its constitution on Tuesday, putting him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, and cementing his power ahead of a second five-year term.
A key Xi ally, top corruption fighter Wang Qishan, will not be on the new Politburo Standing Committee, the apex of power in China, to be revealed on Wednesday as he was not among those named on Tuesday to the 204-member Central Committee.
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