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Listen up, cadres countrywide. The Party's now got even more reasons to fire you.
On Monday, the Central Committee released new regulations to govern the promotion and demotion of leading cadres.
The rules aim to (Gov.cn):

"Build a high-quality ruling backbone contingent that is loyal, clean, and ...