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Flash talk | Up close and personnel: The new Politburo and its Standing Committee

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In this flash talk, Andrew Polk and Ether Yin, both Trivium partners and co-founders, get together to discuss the new, 20th Central Committee's 24-man Politburo and its seven-man Standing Committee, unveiled on October 23, and the implications for power and policy in China.
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