China 2022 leadership clues already on show
- Published: 18 Nov 2012 at 20.47
- Online news: Asia
Even as Xi Jinping was unveiled as China's new leader, clues on who will take over from him a decade down the line in the long-planned Communist succession system were already being revealed.
Hu Chunhua, the Communist Party leader for Inner Mongolia, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2012. Analysts say the front runners for party leadership in 2022 are Hu, a literature graduate who cracked down on protesters in Tibet, and Sun Zhengcai, who spent time as an agricultural researcher in the British countryside.
Analysts say the front runners for 2022 are Hu Chunhua, a literature graduate who cracked down on protesters in Tibet, and Sun Zhengcai, who spent time as an agricultural researcher in the British countryside.
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