Is Xi a match for village cadres?
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Xi Jinping has done a remarkable job of consolidating power over the central Party apparatus.
But it’s at the local level that policy is implemented. And there Xi’s grip is much less certain.
To try to increase control over village officials, the Party is setting up new commissions to...