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Xi Jinping’s Isolated Inner Circle

At the New York Times, Edward Wong introduces the top aides that made up Xi Jinping’s entourage during his recent state trip to the U.S., explaining their diplomatic inaccessibility in the context of the Xi’s noted wariness of “Western values” and efforts to consolidate his own power within the Party: […] Western officials say that this icy remove is true not only of [policy adviser] Mr. Wang [Huning], but also of other advisers with whom