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Xi’s ongoing purge of China’s leaders — including his political allies — marks a return to Mao-style court politics. He is cementing his absolute control — and laying the groundwork for a major succession crisis.
In the final days of 2025, the demise of Ma Xingrui, the former Xinjiang party secretary, was confirmed when his name conspicuously vanished from a ceremonial wreath. While the chattering class waited for the official word, a greater shockwave struck: A terse communiqué abruptly announced that Zhang Youxia, the first vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), had been placed under investigation. From CMC Second Vice-Chairman He Weidong to Ma, and now Zhang, the targets are growing more politically significant. The purge of three incumbent Politburo members within a single term marks the most extensive high-level political shake-up since the 1970s.
Years from now, when historians look at this moment, they will realize that the true era of ruthless turbulence in Beijing had only just begun.
In the early stages of this wave of purges, external observers largely misread the tremors. As Xi Jinping’s loyalists were ousted one by one, conventional wisdom held that the supreme leader was struggling to maintain his grip, perhaps even facing resurgent opposition. This narrative evoked images of “dynastic decline,” suggesting a fatal fracturing of his power base. Many even projected Zhang Youxia as the ultimate challenger — a formidable counterweight capable of holding the line. It was not until Zhang himself was abruptly purged that this illusion was shattered, waking analysts from their wishful thinking.
Far from signaling weakness, this “Great Purge” is a defining feature of Xi’s drive toward personalist dictatorship. We are witnessing a paradigm shift away from the post-Mao era’s oligarchic equilibrium toward a system of absolute obedience. Xi does not purge out of fear of opposition. The purge is the point — a naked display of the sovereign’s unbridled capacity to dispose of any official, regardless of past loyalty, bloodline, or competence.
For decades, the primary lens for understanding Beijing’s machinations was the interplay between competing factions. During the Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao eras, purges often adhered to an unwritten code, primarily targeting rivals while generally respecting the tacit immunity of top elites to maintain a delicate balance of power. That was an age of oligarchy, where political control relied on private compromise and backroom negotiation.
That old paradigm is now dead. The “Shanghai Gang” is a memory, the Communist Youth League faction has been decimated, and the “Princelings” have withered away. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) senior ranks are now overwhelmingly dominated by “Xi’s Army.” Today’s purges are no longer about merely eliminating opponents; they are about a show of power.
This transformation reveals the core logic of the new court: Under absolute rule, there are no allies, only servants. It is an axiom of authoritarian politics that once a dictator eliminates external rivals, the gravest danger invariably emerges from the inner circle. For Xi, any subordinate commanding an independent power base or wielding extensive local resources — even if outwardly loyal — represents an intolerable threat. By purging seemingly unassailable lieutenants, Xi broadcasts a chilling ultimatum: No one is beyond his reach.
By deliberately fostering internal discord and atomizing his subordinates, Xi engineers unpredictability to cement his status as the sole arbiter of power, trapping every official in a state of existential dread and absolute obeisance. Hardly a modern invention, such a ruling strategy represents a chilling return to the machinations of dynastic court politics — one that draws directly from the Maoist playbook.
In the early years of the People’s Republic, Mao Zedong famously used Gao Gang, an early leader of the CCP, to curb chairman Liu Shaoqi’s rising influence, allowing Gao — who imagined himself the Chairman’s favored blade — to aggressively target Liu’s factional network. Yet, when Liu mounted a counteroffensive exposing Gao’s political ambitions, Mao unhesitatingly discarded his instrument as the head of an “anti-Party clique.” The victor’s reprieve, however, was merely a stay of execution: Liu would eventually be consumed by the same machinery of the purge once Mao decided that Liu, too, represented an intolerable threat.
A modern reprise of this cycle has just unfolded. Xi likely permitted his handpicked protégés, He Weidong and Miao Hua, to target the entrenched network of Zhang Youxia. However, when Zhang counterattacked, reportedly presenting evidence of their crimes, Xi replicated the Maoist pivot. He jettisoned his loyalists. But once the rival faction was eliminated, it was Zhang’s turn to be discarded — not the victor, but merely the last one eaten. In the court, a vassal who possesses the power to destroy another vassal is, by definition, a threat to the sovereign.
Unlike the Mao era, where “counterrevolution” was the weapon of choice, today’s purge is cloaked in “anticorruption.” Yet the core remains identical: The decision of when and who is purged is entirely a function of the leader’s own political necessity. Whether to quell intraparty discord or simply to reinforce the sovereign’s power, any official, regardless of rank, becomes an expendable pawn. This has terrorized the bureaucracy, compelling officials to prioritize self-preservation over sound policy, obsessed with avoiding the fate of becoming the next “example.”
A telling anecdote from Mao’s twilight years vividly illuminates the psyche of China’s highest-ranking officials today, such as Premier Li Qiang or Chief of Staff Cai Qi. It is recorded that early one morning, Zhou was informed that Mao had collapsed. Zhou rushed to the chairman’s bedside, where the sight of the unconscious Mao caused him to lose control of his bowels and bladder. Minutes later, when Mao came to, Zhou’s immediate instinct was to cry out: “Chairman, the power is still in your full command!”
This single sentence encapsulates the survival instinct of the inner court: The apparatus does not fear Xi losing power; it fears Xi suspecting that he is losing power. Should the leader harbor such insecurity, a fresh wave of frenzied purges becomes the only inevitable response. For lieutenants like Li and Cai, daily politics has devolved into a permanent performance — a feverish, nonstop reassurance that “the power is still in your full command.” Any lapse in this theater is to invite the next sacrifice.
Yet, while Xi’s power remains unassailable, his prestige is inexorably drawing closer to a “Lin Biao moment.” It is crucial to distinguish between the capacity to instill fear and the legitimacy derived from widespread conviction. Xi undoubtedly possesses the former, but is rapidly forfeiting the latter. Lin Biao’s death in 1971 marked the ideological watershed of the Mao era; the sudden downfall of a political successor formally enshrined in the Party Charter shattered the myth of the leader’s infallibility and exposed the sheer absurdity of the political struggle.
Today, Xi finds himself in a parallel predicament. The political myth of the leader’s “sage wisdom” and “astute appointments” is crumbling. Qin Gang, Li Shangfu, Wei Fenghe, Miao Hua, He Weidong, Ma Xingrui — and now Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli — were not holdovers, but all leaders handpicked by Xi. Their purge creates an insoluble paradox: Either Xi possesses profoundly flawed judgment, consistently picking “bad apples,” or the system itself has become a relentless meat grinder where no status guarantees safety. Regardless of the answer, it inflicts a crushing blow to his political prestige.
The political endgame is stark. As Xi enters his later years, the high-pressure campaign of purges will not cease; instead, it is bound to intensify, fueled by increasing fears of aging and betrayal. By systematically purging all capable and prestigious potential heirs, Xi is engineering a monumental succession crisis. His eventual departure will leave a profound power vacuum, triggering a fierce struggle for survival among those who remain. Given the progressive erosion of his moral authority, any victor emerging from this struggle will inevitably seek legitimacy by systematically repudiating Xi’s legacy — a pattern of posthumous reckoning seen after both Stalin and Mao. The purge is the point — but a dynasty of one condemned to endless purges will not have a second opportunity, destined only to consume everything the purger sought to build.
Christopher Nye is a Non-Resident Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation. He previously served as a professor and directed a university think tank in China. He specializes in China’s elite politics, local governance, legal institutions, and U.S.-China technology competition.
Combined observations offer the most detailed portrait of the ringed planet to date.
Complementary views of Saturn from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))
Stunning new views of Saturn offer the most detailed portrait yet of the ringed planet, showcasing the combined power of NASA’s most advanced space telescopes.
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have created the most comprehensive look at Saturn to date, blending infrared, visible and ultraviolet light into a single, richly layered image, according to a statement from NASA.
“Together, scientists can effectively ‘slice’ through Saturn’s atmosphere at multiple altitudes, like peeling back the layers of an onion,” NASA officials said in the statement. “Each telescope tells a different part of Saturn’s story, and the observations together help researchers understand how Saturn’s atmosphere works as a connected three-dimensional system.”Article continues below You may like
Each space telescope brings a distinct perspective. Hubble captures crisp, long-term visible-light views of Saturn’s cloud bands and atmospheric changes, while the JWST peers deeper into the planet’s atmosphere in infrared, revealing heat patterns and structures hidden beneath the upper cloud layers.
The Hubble data, captured in August 2024 as part of the long-running Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program, was followed about 14 weeks later by Webb observations taken through Director’s Discretionary Time, showing Saturn shifting from northern summer toward its 2025 equinox. Saturn’s long seasonal cycles — each lasting about seven Earth years — also provide important context for interpreting changes in the planet’s atmosphere and rings over time.
This visible-light image of Saturn, captured Aug. 22, 2024, by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, reveals the planet’s softly banded atmosphere and bright ring system. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))
Together, the observations present Saturn as a layered and dynamic world. Hubble’s visible-light view shows the planet’s softly banded atmosphere, while Webb’s infrared observations reveal additional structure, including deeper atmospheric layers, a meandering jet stream in the northern mid-latitudes, possible auroral activity, and several storms scattered across the southern hemisphere.
The combined data highlights how Saturn’s appearance changes across different wavelengths, offering a more complete view of its atmosphere, according to the NASA statement.
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The images also provide complementary views of Saturn’s rings. In Hubble’s data, the rings, made of water ice, appear bright in reflected sunlight, with clearly defined structure. In Webb’s infrared view, the rings shine even more prominently, standing out against the darker background of space and revealing additional detail in the ring system.
This infrared view of Saturn was captured Nov. 29, 2024, by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Observing the planet in infrared wavelengths allows Webb to reveal details of Saturn’s atmosphere and rings that can’t be seen in visible light. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))
Subtle differences between the telescopes’ views also reveal ring features like spokes and structure in the thick central region, as well as differing perspectives of the outer ring, which appears thin and sharply defined in Webb’s image but only faintly visible in Hubble’s, according to the statement.
Seasonal context adds further value to the observations. Hubble’s OPAL program has been tracking changes in the outer planets for more than a decade, providing a long-term record of Saturn’s atmosphere. The new Webb observations build on that dataset, offering a broader, multiwavelength perspective as the planet continues its progression toward its next equinox.
The new dataset underscores the power of combining multiple observatories. By integrating Webb’s infrared sensitivity with Hubble’s long-standing visible-light record, scientists can construct a far more complete picture of planetary behavior than either telescope could achieve alone.
As both observatories continue their missions, researchers plan to build on these observations, tracking Saturn’s evolving atmosphere, monitoring storm systems and refining models of its complex climate. With this new composite view, Saturn isn’t just a distant gas giant — it’s a dynamic world whose hidden layers are finally coming into focus.
Samantha Mathewson joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2016. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut. Previously, her work has been published in Nature World News. When not writing or reading about science, Samantha enjoys traveling to new places and taking photos! You can follow her on Twitter @Sam_Ashley13.
In a crisis — any crisis — The Prosperos offers Translation. Translation Saturday Meetings is a weekly series of Translation presentations by veteran Translators, live and up to date on the issues of the day.
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Last week our sense testimony was: AI is charging me for something I may have registered for without knowing and I have to dispute. And our conclusion was: Truth is indisputable intelligence admitted automatically.
Translation is a 5-step process of “straight thinking in the abstract” comparing and contrasting what seems to be truth with what you can syllogistically, axiomatically and mathematically (using word equations) prove is the truth. It is not an effort to change, alter or heal anything other than our consciousness.
The claims in a Translation should be outrageous and mind-blowing, but they are always (or should always be) based on self-evident syllogistic reasoning. Here is one Translation from this week.
1) Truth is that which is so. That which is not truth is not so. Therefore Truth is all that is. Truth being all that is, there is nothing other than all that is, therefore Truth is one. Since Truth is one, all-inclusive being, therefore Truth is whole. Being whole, Truth is healthy. Being healthy, Truth is functional. Being functional, Truth is sound. I think therefore I am. Since I am and since Truth is all that is, therefore the beingness of me is Truth. Therefore the beingness of me is all, one, whole, healthy, functional, sound. Since I am Truth and I am consciousness (self-evident) therefore Truth is consciousness. (Euclid’s axiom: Things that are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.)
2) Muscle tension in the pelvic floor may relate to self-protection (defense) or to self-affirmation (offense).
Word-tracking: muscle: strength, power tension: flexing, flexible, warning pelvic floor: center of gravity center: core, heart gravity: importance importance: bearing weight, significance significance: leaving a mark warning: that one could strike, offense defense: about someone about to strike
3) Truth being one, there is no other to warn, to be offensive to, therefore Truth doesn’t flex. Truth being one, there is no other about to strike, therefore Truth has no need to defend. Truth being all that is and potent being the ability to be, therefore Truth is the only power. Truth being all is therefore without limit, therefore infinite, where is the center of gravity to infinity? The center, the heart, of Truth is everywhere. And what is gravity? What bears weight? What is important? What is significant? What leaves its mark? Truth being all that is, therefore Truth is all that makes its mark in the world, all that makes its mark in the universe.
4) Truth doesn’t flex. Truth has no need to defend. Truth is the only power. The center, the heart, of Truth is everywhere. Truth is all that makes its mark in the world, all that makes its mark in the universe. 5) Without offense or defense, Truth inevitably makes its mark in the world, makes its mark in the Universe.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Maya Angelou proclaimed, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” In that spirit, Aries, I urge you to tell everyone everything—all your secret thoughts, hidden feelings and private opinions. Post your diary online! Confess your fantasies to strangers! Share your unfiltered inner monologue with authority figures! APRIL FOOL! I lied. Angelou urged us to bravely communicate our authentic truths, but not to overshare or be careless about observing good boundaries. Here’s the deep wisdom: Express thoughts and feelings that make you feel real and whole, but be discerning about when, where and to whom.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus writer Charlotte Brontë said, “I would always rather be happy than dignified.” Given your current astrological potentials, I think you should tattoo her motto across your forehead so everyone knows you’re committed to pleasure over propriety. Burn your dressy clothes! Quit doing boring duties! Dance naked in the woods! APRIL FOOL! I don’t really think you should tattoo your forehead or dance naked in public. But Brontë’s sentiment is sound: In the coming weeks, if forced to choose between joy and respectability, pick joy every time. Just do it with a modicum of common sense.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini actress Marilyn Monroe said, “A wise girl knows her limits. A smart girl knows that she has none.” I propose we expand that counsel to include all genders. And I especially recommend this approach to you right now. It’s time to shed, ignore and surpass ALL your so-called limits. Be as wild and free and uninhibited as you dare. APRIL FOOL! I worry that it’s irresponsible to give you such utter carte blanche. Would you consider honoring one or two limits that prevent you from indulging in crazy and extreme behavior? Otherwise, be wild and free and uninhibited!
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Psychologist Carl Jung wrote extensively about the importance of embracing our shadows: the dark, problematic aspects of ourselves we would rather not acknowledge. In the coming weeks, I recommend that you stop hiding that weird stuff! Throw a coming-out-of-the-closet party for all the questionable parts of you. Let your inner monsters run wild! APRIL FOOL! Please don’t do that. What Jung actually advocated was recognizing and integrating your shadow, not being ruled by it. So yes, explore your moody, unruly impulses, but with consciousness, kindness and containment, not reckless expression.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo author James Baldwin observed, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” With that in mind, I advise you to spend the next two weeks obsessively staring at every dilemma in your life. Don’t look away! Don’t take breaks! Just face every dilemma constantly until you’re overwhelmed! APRIL FOOL! Baldwin’s insight is brilliant, but it doesn’t require masochistic endurance. Here’s the truth: Yes, you should courageously acknowledge what needs attention, but do so with care and discernment. And then actually work on changing it! Awareness is the beginning, not the entire process.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Agatha Christie wrote sixty-six detective novels in which she meticulously planned every plot twist. I think you should apply her approach to your daily life: Script every conversation! Anticipate every contingency! Control every variable! Leave nothing to chance! APRIL FOOL! Christie’s obsessive planning worked for fiction, but life requires improvisation. For you, the coming weeks favor spontaneity and flexibility. So make rough plans, sure, but stay loose enough to experiment with whatever emerges. Over-control would diminish the magic.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My favorite Libran writer didn’t capitalize her name: bell hooks. I recommend you stage a similar rebellion against all rules and structures. Ignore social conventions! Flout traffic laws! Pay your taxes with paintings and poems you’ve created! APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating. I do love hooks’ charming revolt, but it would be counterproductive for you to randomly break all the rules of daily life. Instead, be judicious and selective as you question conventions thoughtfully and only violate those that genuinely deserve to be spurned. Be a strategic rebel, not a chaotic one.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath wrote this passage in her journal: “I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.” I think you should consider embracing her approach—for the sheer, exotic thrill of it! Pursue interesting chaos! If it might unravel you, welcome it passionately! The more unruly, the better! APRIL FOOL! I lied. Plath was describing her struggle with depression, not offering us advice. Here’s what I think you should actually do: Examine which of your yearnings serve your evolution and which ones undermine it. Fully embrace the fact that intensity is one of your greatest gifts, but channel that intensity into experiences that build you up, not tear you down. Choose ardent aliveness over fervent destruction.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian philosopher Baruch Spinoza spent years alone in his room developing his radical ideas about God and nature. I recommend total isolation for you, too. In accordance with astrological omens, avoid human contact! Put your relationships on hold while you contemplate the infinite! APRIL FOOL! I totally lied. Spinoza’s solitude served his unique genius, but a similar approach won’t work for you—especially now. Here’s what I really think you require in the coming weeks: periods of meditative alone time balanced by intervals of rich connection with interesting humans. You need to commune with both your deep inner sources and nurturing alliances.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn astrologer Linda Goodman wrote that your sign’s “ambition is boundless” and that most Capricorns dream of ruling the world. In accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to indulge this attribute. Launch a campaign for global domination! Start with your neighborhood and work your way up to more and more conquests! APRIL FOOL! The truth is, world domination is exhausting and impractical. What Goodman was referring to is your gift for structure and leadership. Use your organizational genius to improve your corner of the world, not tyrannize it. Think stewardship, not empire.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian inventor Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” In the spirit, I recommend that you falter spectacularly in the coming weeks. The more blunders and bungles, the better! Engage in a holy quest to seek as many fizzles and misfires as possible! Make Edison look like an amateur! APRIL FOOL! I lied. Edison wasn’t deliberately courting snafus, of course. His approach was similar to that of many creative artists: driven by exploratory persistence that capitalizes on mistakes and hassles. Here’s your real guidance, Aquarius: Experiment boldly, yes, and don’t fear stumbles and bumbles. But learn from each one and adjust your approach. The goal is eventual success that’s informed by humility and resiliency.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean physicist Albert Einstein said, “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” In the spirit of his genius, I recommend that you abandon logic completely! Never think rationally again! Make all decisions based on fantasy and feelings! APRIL FOOL! Einstein was advocating for the creative power of imagination, not the abandonment of reason. What you truly need is a marriage of visionary thinking and practical logic. Ask your imagination to show you possibilities, then call on lucid logic to help you manifest them.
The Diary Of A CEO Mar 26, 2026 New Episodes The truth about Sam Altman. AI Critic Karen Hao reveals what 90 OpenAI employees told her. Karen Hao is an AI expert, award-winning investigative journalist, and former reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering American and Chinese tech companies. She is also co-host of the podcast The Interface and freelances for publications like More Perfect Union and The Atlantic. Her latest book is the bestselling ‘EMPIRE OF AI: Inside The Reckless Race For Total Domination.’ She explains: ◼️Why the US-China “AI arms race” may be misleading and politically driven ◼️The truth behind the Pentagon using Claude for military strikes ◼️Why AGI is a marketing scam used to consolidate trillion-dollar power ◼️How agentic AI like OpenClaw will automate desk jobs within 18 months ◼️The hidden human cost behind AI training 00:00 Intro 02:47 Why Some Insiders Say AI Is Driven More By Profit Than Progress 05:08 What 250 OpenAI Insiders Revealed Behind Closed Doors 11:07 Did Sam Altman Really Outmaneuver Elon Musk? 15:06 What People Get Wrong About Sam Altman 17:53 The Power Struggle: Who Tried To Oust Sam Altman—And Why 25:33 The Real Reason Tech Giants Are Racing To Build AI 31:55 Do AI CEOs Actually Believe This Will Help Humanity? 33:28 Why OpenAI Refused To Be Part Of This Book 00:41:27 Why Sam Altman Was Forced Out 00:44:58 The Hidden Instability, What Was Altman Actually Disrupting Internally? 51:13 Ad Break 54:35 What Really Happened When Sam Altman Was Fired—And Why Employees Revolted 01:05:10 Should You Trust Politicians To Regulate AI—Or Is That Riskier? 01:12:49 How Robots Updating Themselves Could Change Everything Overnight 01:15:30 Will AI Surpass The Best Surgeons—And What Happens If It Does? 01:18:27 Are Self-Driving Cars Truly Safe 01:24:45 Which Jobs Actually Survive AI And Who Gets Left Behind? 01:35:23 What Klarna’s CEO Sees Coming That Others Don’t 01:38:28 Ad Break 01:42:17 What AI Could Cost Us: Meaning, Health, And The Environment 01:51:12 How We Can Build AI Safely Before It’s Too Late 01:56:24 Will The AI Race Ever Slow Down Or Are We Past The Point Of Control? Enjoyed the episode? Share this link and earn points for every referral – redeem them for exclusive prizes: https://doac-perks.com Follow Karen: X – https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/7MVVs8B Website – https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/ARHB0mk You can purchase ‘EMPIRE OF AI: Inside the reckless race for total domination’, here: https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/CcrcHj2
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
When published in 1973, this was the first book to present and analyze the results of scientifically controlled experiments in extrasensory perception during the dream state. This updated, revised and expanded edition now represents the most current and authoritative source of information available. The main body presents experiments by the authors over a ten year period to determine if persons acting as “agents” could transfer their thoughts to the minds of sleeping “subjects” and influence their dreams. Subjects’ reactions, transcripts of recollected dreams and their associations with “targets,” accounts of particularly unusual telepathic communication between participants, descriptions of the experimental procedures, and a summary of statistical results are recorded. Their findings, written in straightforward language, will interest the general reader and serious scholar alike.
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