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style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6514285714285719% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Powerful Xi-led commissions are convening less often, with trusted lieutenants increasingly taking charge<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.65049%;top:0;width:76.45631%;height:60.84142%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-48200384-2ad2-468d-ba6e-2f39b1dde1da\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-d8fab339-dd6d-4d57-b682-9f7198c47581\">\n<div 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