Xi ‘firmly in charge’ as rivals fall in China anti-graft campaign

Xi Jinping is likely to secure a third term when the party congress starts its meeting in Beijing on Sunday [Noel Celis/AFP]

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Courts in China have handed down a series of high-profile corruption-related convictions in recent weeks in a final push against corruption and political disloyalty by Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the party’s once-every-five-years congress.