CHINA-LEADERSHIP: CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING REAPPEARS IN BEIJING
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Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first public appearance for nearly a week February 10, as he touried Beijing wearing a mask. The move coincided with a renewed emphasis on his role as the leader of the “people’s war” against the coronavirus epidemic and reminders of the central role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “with Xi Jinping at the core”. Xi Jinping still hasn’t visited Wuhan, putting his own credibility as a leader on the line. That raises the stakes in the propaganda battle as well as on the front lines, as the failure to contain the virus will now look like a central CCP failure.
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