Xi Jinping

These inner-circle groups both headed by President Hu Jintao and president-in-waiting Xi Jinping set the direction of policy for the Foreign Ministry...

So far Hu has won plaudits in China: he took power without major political ructions and is likely to hand it over the same way to Vice-President Xi Jinping in 2012...

With Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping providing behind-the-scenes muscle the government forced factory closures and enacted draconian traffic restrictions...

With Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping providing behind-the-scenes muscle the government forced factory closures and enacted draconian traffic restrictions...