A major reshuffle will take place in the Chinese Commmunist party’s top echelon this week – here’s a who’s who of the main players

A major reshuffle will take place in the Chinese Communist party’s top echelon at the 20th party congress in Beijing this week, a twice-a-decade meeting that began in the capital on 16 October.

The meeting brings together more than 2,000 party members in a process of selecting new officials for the 200-member central committee. Some will be promoted to the 25-member politburo, and some to the elite seven-member standing committee, China’s most powerful political body.

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