Film star Jackie Chan joined other celebrities Sunday at a meeting of China’s highest-profile advisory body, a move seen by analysts as an attempt by the ruling Communist Party to cultivate “soft power”. Nobel literature prizewinner Mo Yan and basketball star Yao Ming also attended the annual meeting of the…
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