Asia Daily Briefing - Sending in the big guns July 25, 2019

	CHINA UP CLOSE:  Xi deploys heavyweights  to Xinjiang and  Hong Kong before   conclave TOKYO -- President Xi Jinping  has caught the attention  of China watchers by tapping  two of the nation's most  powerful officials to tame  turbulence in the country's hot spots.
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