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M Varma Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a rare outing, cast his ballot at a polling station here to elect deputies to a local people's congress as the ruling Communist Party in recent months highlighted its own brand of democracy, saying no country held a patent for a democratic political system. Xi, 68, cast his vote at a polling station in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai electoral district in Xicheng District of Beijing on Friday to elect deputies to the Xicheng District People's Congress. He stressed developing whole-process people's democracy and strengthening electoral supervision, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Noting that the...
