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Zhao for law!

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The dust has settled on the race to head China's all-action national legislature (NPC).
Last week, the money was on Wang Huning to win.
But former anti-graft czar Zhao Leji pipped him at the post.

Zhao, 65, is now the Party's 3rd ranked leader, which means he's expected to replace Li Zhanshu as Ch...