New Party Leadership Moves in on Strongholds of Old Faction
The new Chinese Communist Party head and former leader have been hard at work reshuffling key officials to curtail a rival faction.
New Party head Xi Jinping (R) and outgoing leader Hu Jintao engage in a conversation. After the 18th Congress last year, the Hu-Xi team has appointed its trusted men to key positions in the Party's Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, the State Council, and provincial committees, leaving previous Party head Jiang Zemin's camp only a small majority in the Politburo Standing Committee. Getty Images
