20th Party Congress confirms Xi for a third term as General Secretary

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Established: a 23 October 2022 Central Committee election of Xi to a third term as General Secretary, recorded by the State Council and by independent reporting.

Not established: a unique later growth coefficient, or that the vote was a competitive multi-candidate ballot in the ordinary civic sense.

The Central Committee voted. There was no competitive opposition party.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies 20th Party Congress confirms Xi for a third term as General Secretary, not a later speech about 20th Party Congress confirms Xi for a third term as General Secretary.

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