Article: Looking for hints of China's next leader; Looking for hints of China's next president ; Analysts watch meeting of Communist Party for traditional signal of shift

Michael Wines
International Herald Tribune
09-15-2009
Looking for hints of China's next leader; Looking for hints of China's next president ; Analysts watch meeting of Communist Party for traditional signal of shift
Byline: Michael Wines
Type: News

Analysts will watch the Communist Party's annual policy meeting Tuesday to see whether Xi Jinping, China's vice president, is given the additional title of vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, which would be seen as confirmation that he was to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012.

China's governing Communist Party will convene its annual policy meeting Tuesday with a sober, if not soporific, mandate to root out government corruption ...

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