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BEIJING - The next generation of leaders who will rule China for the next five years will be elected on Sunday, with President Xi Jinping expected to take the helm for a rare third term amid what he has described as a “new period of turbulence and change”. With four of the seven seats on the Politburo Standing Committee vacated, Mr Xi could surround himself with his allies, strengthening his authority at the top. Premier Li Keqiang and fourth-ranked Wang Yang, both 67, were not among those elected to a new Central Committee at the close of the Communist Party...
