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Many years ago, there was a joke featuring then-Chinese regime leader Jiang Zemin and an imagined comparison of his English proficiency with that of a rival Communist Party cadre.
The Vicious Political Cycle of the Party-State
Pent-up institutional contradictions are rending China’s communist system asunder
Pent-up institutional contradictions are rending China’s communist system asunder
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (Center) and other new members of the Communist Party of China's Politburo Standing Committee (L-R) Wang Huning, Han Zheng, Li Zhanshu, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, Zhao Leji meet press in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on October 25, 2017. WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images
By Zang Shan
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