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By Barbara Demick / The Bulletin
November 16, 2012
BEIJING — No references to Marxism-Leninism or Mao Zedong. A speech lasting all of 16 minutes.
Xi Jinping’s debut performance Thursday as China’s new leader won him plaudits for being concise, clear and refreshingly free of the turgid Communist Party rhetoric of his predecessors.
China’s future,....