{"id":12563,"date":"2007-05-02T10:34:01","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T17:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/05\/02\/wang-yang-a-rising-star-in-china-fong-tak-ho\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T10:34:01","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T17:34:01","slug":"wang-yang-a-rising-star-in-china-fong-tak-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/05\/wang-yang-a-rising-star-in-china-fong-tak-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"Wang Yang: A Rising Star in China &#8211; Fong Tak-ho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom Asia Times:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_atimes_China_images_wang-yang.gif\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/_atimes_China_images_wang-yang.gif','popup','width=70,height=97,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_atimes_China_images_wang-yang-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"72\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\" Atimes China Images Wang-Yang\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinavitae.com\/biography\/Wang_Yang\/career\">Wang Yang<\/a>, 52, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of Chongqing municipality, is known to be a favorite protege of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Wang is now widely tipped to be elected into the new Politburo at the 17th Party Congress in autumn, and possibly even into the all- powerful standing committee of the Politburo.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the congress, Wang is winning credit as an enlightened leader.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n..The Chongqing government succeeded in resolving the so-called &#8220;<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/tag\/nailhouse\" target=\"_blank\">coolest nail house<\/a>&#8221; in history by striking an agreement that satisfied both the owner and the project developer.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is said to have set a significant precedent for the enlightened enforcement of property laws&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Chongqing&#8217;s open mind in dealing with the media over the long-running saga has also won approval. Unlike many other cities that would have imposed a media blackout, Chongqing allowed unrestricted coverage of the incident. No doubt, credit must be given to Wang, the top leader in the Chongqing municipality. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/China\/IE03Ad02.html\" target=\"_blank\">[Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Asia Times: Wang Yang, 52, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of Chongqing municipality, is known to be a favorite protege of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao&#8230; Wang is now widely tipped to be elected into the new Politburo at the 17th Party Congress in autumn, and possibly even into the all- powerful standing committee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100,1051],"tags":[3870,2713,6387,4860],"class_list":["post-12563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-top-article","tag-17th-party-congress","tag-ccp-5th-generation","tag-chongqing","tag-wang-yang","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wang Yang: A Rising Star in China - Fong Tak-ho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/05\/wang-yang-a-rising-star-in-china-fong-tak-ho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wang Yang: A Rising Star in China - Fong Tak-ho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Asia Times: Wang Yang, 52, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of Chongqing municipality, is known to be a favorite protege of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao&#8230; 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