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Immediately after the 20th Party Congress, Xi Jinping, now China’s President for a third term, took his new team of Politburo Standing Committee members – all the President’s men, and yes, all seven are men -- on a “pilgrimage” to Yan’an. The trip was symbolic and meant to be a powerful message, as is every move by China’s ruling elite, for those who can read it. In the conducted tour of the caves in Yan’an, Xi is reported to have lectured to his entourage at length about the 7th Party Congress, the passing of the 1945 Resolution, and the fight...
