HONG KONG – Before China’s leadership transition earlier this year, experts said that the Chinese Communist Party was intent on preventing a larger-than-life personality from assuming power. The CCP, it was argued, wanted someone more like the bureaucratic outgoing leader, Hu Jintao, rather than a charismatic successor like, say, the former Chongqing provincial governor Bo Xilai.
香港—在今年早些时候中国领导层交接之前，专家们纷纷表示中共决意要避免英雄人物掌权。他们指出，中共希望新领导人更像即将卸任的胡锦涛是一个官僚，而不要像前重庆市委书记薄熙来那样是一个强人。