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Xi Jinping’s new central committee – the 50’s generation

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Caixin has a nice breakdown of the 204-strong Central Committee’s (CC) composition (link below).
Compared to the last Party congress in 2012, Xi reshuffled a higher percentage of central committee members:

62% of members are new, up from 56% in 2012

More importantly, the 1950s generation dominates...