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From left, members of the new Politburo Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang meet journalists in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The seven-member Standing Committee, the inner circle of Chinese political power, was paraded in front of assembled media on the first day following the end of the 18th Communist Party Congress. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Wu Yi, a former vice premier known as the “Iron Lady,” didn’t make the Standing Committee despite being ranked as the world’s second most powerful woman by Forbes in 2007. (The Associated Press)
