Hu Could Change Everything?

Hu Could Change Everything?
Chinese leader Hu Jintao is seen at the closing session of the National Peoples Congress on March 14. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
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Hu Jintao is arguably the most powerful man on earth. He commands the world’s largest standing army, is the non-elected president of 1.3 billion people, and he leads a country whose economy is expected to quickly overtake Japan’s within the next few years.

In March, 2003, Hu became the president of China, taking over the helm of China’s Communist government as the nation comes to a historic crossroads.