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Out with the Wang, in with the Jiang

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On Friday morning, one cadre came to the plenum press conference with a dashing new title.

Seated prominently on the dais was Jiang Jinquan, the newly appointed director of the Party’s Central Policy Research Office (CPRO).

This is a big job:

The CPRO serves as the Party leadership’s brain...