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t-large of the American Interest. Article 6. The Economist China's leaders: Changing guard Nov 17th 2012 -- FOR the first time since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, =hina's most important reins of power have been handed over at the same t=me to a single man: Xi linping (pictured, centre, above). The dec

pt the military =ost for a couple of years after leaving the Politburo, ostensibly to ensur= a smooth transition. Not since Hua Guofeng took over on Mao's death hav= both jobs been transferred simultaneously. Hua turned out to be little more than a transitional figure. Few people exp=ct Mr Xi to be

ictims were Sunni civilians. As the civil war intensifies, Mr. Assad is increasingly outsourcing the dir=y work. In Damascus, militia groups within Druse, Christian and Shiite are=s are being armed by the government. While the justifications for these mi=itias are "neighborhood self-defense" and the p

e this ostensibly vulnerable exterior, I could see how daunting, and frustrating, he must be a negotiating partner. Henry Kissinger has described how Mao Tse-Tung, rather than engage directly in discussion or debate, tended to wrap his remarks in parables. Without stretching the parallel too far, Arafat was lik

iating partner. Henry Kissinger has described how Mao Tse-Tung, rather than engage directly in discussi

cal civil-defense guard. I suggested four separate militias drawn from the local population — 216 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011687 Christian, Shi’ite Muslim, Druse and ethnically mixed — with the aim of reflecting the balance in each part of the south. Israeli troops might still have to cross into Lebanon, but

e this ostensibly vulnerable exterior, I could see how daunting, and frustrating, he must be a negotiating partner. Henry Kissinger has described how Mao Tse-Tung, rather than engage directly in discussion or debate, tended to wrap his remarks in parables. Without stretching the parallel too far, Arafat was lik

iating partner. Henry Kissinger has described how Mao Tse-Tung, rather than engage directly in discussi

cal civil-defense guard. I suggested four separate militias drawn from the local population - 216 HOUSE _OVERSIGHT_028064 Christian, Shi'ite Muslim, Druse and ethnically mixed - with the aim of reflecting the balance in each part of the south. Israeli troops might still have to cross into Lebanon, but o