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From gatekeeper to tech czar

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Xi Jinping’s former chief staff, Ding Xuexiang, is now China’s technology czar.
On Tuesday, SingTao Daily scooped that the newly appointed executive vice premier, and China's sixth highest-ranking official, will have science and technology under his portfolio.

That means Ding will oversee the beefe...