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What happened: On February 25, Zhuang Rongwen, head of the cyberspace administration (CAC), published a lengthy essay in Study Times setting out the agency's broad priorities for the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

ICYDK: Study Times is the official journal of the Central Party School.

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