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Why Are Chinese Web Users So Impressed By Their New Leader’s Chinese Language Skills?

The following article also appeared in The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. The early reviews are in. As the government unveiled its next generation of leaders at 11:55 a.m. during a November 15 press conference in Beijing, Chinese Web users reached quick consensus that the line-up was, as anticipated, light on would-be reformists.  [...]

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