Ordinarily, it makes for unmatched political theater in an otherwise gray and opaque system: the moment when China's ruling Communist Party unveils its new leadership at the close of its congress.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, center, filled the Politburo Standing Committee with loyalists at last week's 20th Communist Party Congress in Beijing. (Photo by Yusuke Hinata)
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