"Participating in the meeting at Beidaihe is scores of people: not just the leadership centered on secretary general HU Jintao, but also retired elders. This time, more than composition of Politburo and Central MIlitary Committee, the topics to talk about will include the handling of the sacked BO Xilai, former Chongqing party boss.
"In order to retain Mr HU's influence on the next-generation leadership, it is intended that the standing committee of Politburo will slash from 9 to 7 person--in hope of a majority for Communist Youth League of China from which he rose.
"Besides XI Jinping as the certain secretary general and LI Keqiang as candidate for prime minister, the highest leadership of next term to include 王岐山、劉延東、李源潮、汪洋、兪正声、and 張徳江 has emerged.