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	China up close October 31, 2019

	Xi toys with leadership reshuffle at party  conclave As China wraps up a key  Communist Party gathering i n Beijing on Thursday,  speculation is rife that  President Xi Jinping may  initiate a leadership reshuffle, promoting some successo r candidates to the  Politburo Standing Committee. Such a move should help tame  the criticism Xi has been  facing within the party for  abolishing term limits for the presidency and refusing  to promote a new generation  of leaders at the party's national congress in 2017. But the line-up change could be a diversion from the major  issues the Chinese leader faces,  such as weaker economic  momentum, deteriorating  relations with the U.S., and  continuing unrest  in Hong Kong.
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