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Quick take | The Contenders: Eight things you need to know about anti-graft czar Zhao Leji

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Zhao Leji is one of the most powerful officials in China.

He is on the Party's top leadership body – the seven-man Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) – and heads the Party’s internal corruption watchdog (CCDI), prosecuting Xi Jinping’s never-ending anti-corruption drive.

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