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Xi pledge to ‘uproot sick trees’ aired weeks ahead of major party conclave
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 16 Oct 2026, 04:05 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Xi pledge to ‘uproot sick trees’ aired weeks ahead of major party conclave”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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President Xi Jinping has pledged to “uproot sick trees” in the anti-corruption fight, according to a speech transcript published by the party’s flagship magazine ahead of a major party conclave later this month. The warning appeared on Thursday in the magazine Qiushi, which carried fresh details of a speech Xi…
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Xi pledge to ‘uproot sick trees’ aired weeks ahead of major party conclave
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Xi’s pledge to ‘uproot sick trees’ aired weeks ahead of major party conclave
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