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China’s president consolidates power by surrounding himself with loyalists

Chinese President Xi Jinping secured a third five-year term as General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party over the weekend. A seven-member Standing Committee was also named and filled with Xi loyalists. Christopher Johnson of China Strategies Group joined Judy Woodruff to discuss the developments.

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