CHINA-LEADERSHIP: XI JINPING ALLY 65-YEAR SHI TAIFENG APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF CASS
65-year old Shi Taifeng, a close ally of President Xi Jinping, was on April 30 appointed head
of China's largest government think-tank, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
He was Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia since 2019. Shi Taifeng was also Vice President of
the Central Party School when Xi headed the cadre-training academy between 2007 and 2012.
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