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One Party, Two Coalitions

Although CCP leaders have been trying to present themselves as a unified entity, the behind-the-scenes power struggle appears to be heating up as the leadership transition draws near. CNN’s Alexis Lai analyzes the split between Hu Jintao’s populist faction and Jiang Zemin’s princeling faction: The Chinese Communist Party is broadly divided between informal “elitist” an