China’s Communist Party elite gather for governance talks

BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping and other top leaders meet in Beijing on Monday at a key gathering watched closely for clues as to the country’s direction and future leadership. Roughly 300 members of the ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee in attendance at the meeting, called the fifth plenum, will be looking to tighten discipline within their ranks, according to state media. That includes measures to reduce corruption and make cadres more effective and loyal. Little of the closed-

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