The Chinese Communist Party's powerful Politburo will include no women for the first time since 1997.
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announcement marks the first time in 25 years that a woman was not named to the Party's decision-making body.No woman has ever been named to the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, on which China's top leaders serve., including Shanghai party chief Li Qiang, who is expected to become the next premier after presiding over the city's controversial COVID-19 lockdowns.
“Xi’s new leadership team is full of loyalists with subpar experience who are more likely to push forward his agenda of political control, economic statism, and assertive diplomacy, despite its rising costs and risks,” he said.a third term, Xi has established himself as the most powerful leader since Mao. A friendly Politburo Standing Committee will help push through Xi's top priorities for the next five years.