XI JINPING

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• China's Fifth Plenum: Xi Elevates General Zhang Shengmin to Politburo, Expels 33 Including Zhang Youxia

  Beijing's thinnest Central Committee turnout in decades leaves Xi Jinping with more personal control and a two-man military high command a year before the 2027 Party Congress.

• Putin Floats Trump-Xi Summit in China on Ukraine Without Zelenskyy; Kremlin Confirms Talks, Trump Says He'd Go

  The Kremlin says a three-way meeting at APEC in Shenzhen was raised, Trump says he would attend mainly to discuss nuclear arms, and Kyiv warns the format rewards Moscow.