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China shows world its new top leaders

Little sign of political change seen

By TOM LASSETER MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Posted: November 15, 2012 at 5:40 a.m.

Credit: Xinhua
 New Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping leads a procession of the party’s new politburo standing committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The Chinese Communist Party today unveiled its new top leadership with a procession of seven officials who walked across a red carpet before flashing cameras, finally drawing the curtain back after months of speculation about a group of the most powerful men on the globe.

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