BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has a proclivity for surprises and departing from tradition, appears set to bend the unwritten age limit of 68 for incumbent and new members of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) decision-making Politburo at the start of a new term.
Members of the elite body will be elected on Sunday by the 205 full members and 171 alternate members of the CPC’s new Central Committee at its first plenary session.
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