Reuters writes about the incoming generation of Chinese leaders, who came of age during the Cultural Revolution:
This turbulent period provides the social backdrop that shaped the formative years of rising political stars like Li Keqiang, Li Yuanchao and Xi Jinping, who lived through the chaos or were “sent down” to the countryside to learn from the masses.
But this is a group — often called the “fifth generation” of Chinese leaders — who were young enough to be able to bounce back from the turmoil of the period and whose early political experience came as China was slowly opening up.
And it is this generation that could be on the rise when the Communist leadership opens a key five-yearly congress on October 15. [Full text]
