Is China’s Xi Struggling for Authority? ‘Unprecedented’ Swap of Top CCP Officials Fuels Speculation

As two Politburo members trade jobs, China watchers see indications of greater political shakeup.

Chinese security guards look at military delegates during the speech of Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Communist Party's 19th Congress in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2017. Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images

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A highly unusual personnel move in the upper ranks of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has observers pondering its significance and implications for the regime.