China, the party congress is a club for men only: who are the only two women vying for a seat

BEIJING – At the end of the Congress of the Communist Party of China which opens on Sunday in Beijing, the only woman among the 25 members of the powerful Politburo will almost certainly retire. Sun Chunlanvice premier, 72, who from Wuhan to the last waves of these weeks has been the face chosen by President Xi Jinping to fight the war on the virus, has reached the age and mandate limits.