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Xi set to reveal China’s new senior leadership as Congress ends

China's ruling Communist Party will wrap up its five-yearly congress on Sunday by revealing who will join Xi Jinping at the top political table [File: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]

China and the world will find out who will be running the country alongside President and party General Secretary Xi Jinping when the Communist Party wraps up its twice-a-decade Congress this weekend.

The country’s senior political leadership will be revealed on Sunday when Xi, who is expected to be confirmed as president for an unprecedented third term, walks onto the stage in the Great Hall of the People followed by members of its elite Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), the party’s top decision-making body, in descending order of importance.

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