| Generations of Chinese leadership | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国共产党领导集体 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國共産黨領導集體 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Leadership collectives of the Communist Party of China | ||||||
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Because both the Communist Party of China and the People's Liberation Army promote according to seniority, it is possible to discern distinct generations of Chinese leadership. In official discourse, each group of leadership is identified with a distinct extension of the ideology of the party. Historians have studied various periods in the development of the government of the People's Republic of China by reference to these "generations".
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