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Li Yuanchao
New Party Leadership Moves in on Strongholds of Old Faction
The new Chinese Communist Party head and former leader have been hard at work reshuffling key officials to curtail a rival faction.
New Leadership in Beijing Spells End of Reform
The new lineup of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee signals an end to the hope of saving the Party through reform. It also puts outgoing Party leader Hu Jintao and outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao in the crosshairs for a possibly resurgent Jiang Zemin faction seeking scapegoats for the accumulating problems facing the Party.
EXCLUSIVE: Roles of New Standing Committee Members Decided, Source Indicates
An insider provides a lineup of the suspected new politburo members and their duties.
