Xi Jinping succession still unclear; Shanghai elevates Zhu Zhongming before plenum
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No broadly accepted successor to Xi Jinping as Chinese president and CCP general secretary is likely before the party’s 21st National Congress late next year, after he rejected a two‑term norm and purged several possible heirs. Intensive provincial reshuffling on the eve of the Fifth Plenum may hint at alignment. On 4 September, Zhu Zhongming, born in 1972, was promoted from deputy party secretary of Shanghai to acting mayor.
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