Xu Yaotong, research director at the National School of Administration, a civil service training institute, tells Xinhua that the State Council is unlikely to introduce radical cuts.

BBC: China media: Mekong justice

Also in People's Tribune, Li Tuo, professor at the National School of Administration, a civil service training institute, said the party's image has been tarnished by corruption and "obesity" like the former Soviet Union's communist party.

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"North Korea did not carry out this test because it wanted to test the world, but to increase its bargaining chips, " Liu Zheng, a North Korea specialist at the National School of Administration Graduate Department, tells China National Radio.

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