Rana Mitter is director of the China Centre at the University of Oxford and author of Forgotten Ally: China’s World War II, 1937-1945 (title outside North America: China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival).
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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15: Members of the new Politburo Standing Committee Xi Jinping (Front) delivers a speech as (L-R) Liu Yunshan, Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Wang Qishan standing at the Great Hall of the People on November 15, 2012 in Beijing, China. China's ruling Communist Party today revealed the new Politburo Standing Committee after its 18th congress. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)