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Crash Cover-Up Tipped Scales in Jiang’s Favor

Jonathan Ansfield of The New York Times retraces the cover-up of a March Ferrari crash that killed the son of one of Hu Jintao’s top aides, a development which Communist Party insiders say cost Hu precious leverage in the run-up to China’s leadership transition: China’s departing president, Hu Jintao, entered the summer in an apparently strong position after the disgrace of Bo Xilai, pr