Financial Times: Zhang Shengmin, who is Xi’s vice-chair on the Central Military Commission, which controls the armed forces, was appointed to the party’s politburo on Thursday, becoming the only military member of the senior leadership body.
…In the communiqué, leaders vowed to deepen a crackdown to tighten party discipline and eliminate corruption. The document said the party would hold its quinquennial congress in the second half of next year to appoint its next general secretary, with analysts expecting Xi to stand again for a fourth term…