CHINA-LEADERSHIP: CHEN YIXIN APPOINTED NEW MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY & CHEN WEQING HAS BEEN PROMOTED AS SECRETARY OF THE PLAC
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63-year-old Chen Yixin, a long-time confidant of Chinese President Xi Jinping was on October
30 appointed China’s new Minister of State Security. He will continue as Secretary General of
the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
ii) The announcement came two days after his predecessor, Chen Wenqing, was promoted to
head the Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLAC).
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