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China’s got a new top cop.

On Friday, Wang Xiaohong was appointed Party secretary of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

Wang takes over from Zhao Kezhi, who is stepping down due to having reached retirement age. For procedural reasons, Zhao remains minister of public security for now, but...