BEIJING, Nov 6 – China’s top legislature on Friday appointed 12 former provincial-level party chiefs and governors to the leadership ranks of the country’s parliament and confirmed the termination of nine deputies’ status as lawmakers, official records showed. • The former top official of Tibet, Wang Junzheng, former mayor of financial hub Shanghai, Gong Zheng, and former party secretary of the eastern province of Anhui, Liang Yanshun, along with nine others, were named to senior roles in the parliament • Leadership posts in the country’s largely rubber-stamp parliament often provide a transitional posting for senior officials moved out of frontline…
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