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China’s state-run news agency and central state television network have begun publishing reports from the beachside town of Beidaihe on the activities of top Communist Party visitors from Beijing, suggesting to some political observers that China’s leaders have begun congregating there to discuss the power transition expected to take place this fall.

 

For months, party elders and current senior officials have been negotiating quietly in Beijing to fill the seats of the party’s top governing bodies, the 25-member Politburo and its elite 9-member Standing Committee. The new members are expected to be announced in the fall during the Communist Party’s 18th National Congress.