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Chinese leader takes power games to elite youth grou

Shanghai Normal University has stopped taking new students in a school for future party elites.
BEIJING -- The Communist Youth League of China has long served as an incubator for party elites, producing such leaders as Chinese President Xi Jinping and predecessor Hu Jintao. But the current reality paints a starkly different picture from that of an organization packed with idealistic students.
A 26-year-old Beijing office worker joined in his second year of junior high simply by printing out a downloaded pledge and reading it aloud at school. He has few memories of taking part in league activities. Unsurprisingly, some in the organization complain of a lack of pride and camaraderie among members.

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