Xi Jinping: The world’s most powerful man

China's president Xi Jinping has tightened his grip on the reins of power.

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China's president Xi Jinping
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There's a video doing the rounds of a meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and his advisers, and Xi Jinping, says the Financial Times. China's president waits alone for his own team. "With an approving Godfather-esque chuckle", Putin clenches his fist, and says "odin boyets" "lone warrior". Putin probably didn't realise just how right he was.

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