From Associated Press:
China’s Communist Party named two more provincial bosses Monday in a widening reshuffle likely to consolidate President Hu Jintao’s power ahead of a party congress this year.
Hu is expected to promote his supporters at the party congress this fall, possibly installing candidates for the next generation of leadership.“As members of the upper level retire for more ceremonial positions, they are deciding who will be the up and coming leaders,” said Dali Yang, chair of the political science department at the University of Chicago. [Full Text]