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The state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on July 16 that China’s State Council had announced a round of personnel changes, including the removal of Tan Quan as assistant minister of public security. Tan had served under Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong during Wang’s tenure as Beijing police chief from 2015
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