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Events on Thursday 15 November 2012 1
2012Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of ChinaLeadership transition at the 18th Party CongressXi Jinping was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, succeeding Hu Jintao and becoming the country's paramount leader. He would go on to consolidate power more thoroughly than any Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping.