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China Picks New Politboro Young Bloods

Posted Oct 22, 07 7:05 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – The Chinese Communist Party named its newest leaders yesterday, including the man favored to succeed current president Hu Jintao, reports the Washington Post. Xi Jinping, 54, is the son of a Chinese guerrilla leader who rose to the top of the Shanghai branch of the Communist Party, making him a "princeling" son of the revolutionary generation. Xi, who has a phD in economics, was ranked highest of four new members; Li Keqiang, 52, is considered another contender for the top spot.

Both Xi and  Li—the youngest of the new Politburo crop—are experienced bureaucrats with a reputation for caution. Their ascension is seen as a signal that the party wants to stay the course set by Hu: cautious economic reforms combined with the party's continuing monopoly on political power.

Sources Washington Post, BBC

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