CHINA-LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS
Chen Xi, a close confidante of Xi Jinping and member of the CCP CC's Politburo, has been appointed head of the Central Party School in Beijing.
(Comment: The position used to be held by a member of the PBSC and the last incumbent was Liu Yunshun.)
Another Xi Jinping confidant, Zhao Kezhi is the new head of the Ministry of Public Security and Xi Jinping loyalists Huang Kunming and Ding Xuexiang have been named Head of the CCP CC Propaganda Department and head of the CCP CC General Office, respectively.
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