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DECISION TO FORM
''CROSS-LEADERSHIP'
BETWEEN THE PARTY, THE STATE
COUNCIL, THE NPC AND THE CPPCC IS MOVING AHEAD.
7. LI RUIHUAN'S APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDIUM SUGGESTS. THAT HE WILL BE CONFIRMED AS CPPCC LEADER WHEN THE PERSONNEL CHANGES ARE ANNOUNCED ON 26 MARCH. ON CHINESE CENTRAL TELEVISION NEWS ON 14 MARCH CURRENT NPC CHAIRMAN WAN LI WAS SHOWN EMBRACING QIAO SHI, AS THE LATTER WAS NAMED HEAD OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC'S PRESIDIUM, STRENGTHENING THE SPECULATION THAT HE WILL BECAME THE NEXT NPC CHAIRMAN.
8.
ACTRESS GONG LI WAS THE DELEGATE WHO CAUSED THE GREATEST STIR. SHE WAS BESIEGED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TV CAMERAS AS SHE LEFT THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE. NOW THAT MOST NEWSPAPERS HAVE BECOME FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT, JOURNALISTS HAVE TO GO AFTER STORIES WHICH WILL SELL THEIR NEWSPAPERS: FILM STARS ARE A GREATER ATTRACTION THAN POLITICIANS.
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