Anecdotes of XI Jinping

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(1) 中共未来领袖们：大事小情. VOA Chinese, Nov 6, 2012.
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 121106/1540165.html

Note: The report cites
席佳琳 (Kathrin Hille), 天津正成为中国互联网审查之都. 金融时报, Nov 6, 2012.
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001047313

(2) Kevin Hamlin, Xi Gains Power Mixing Father’s Capitalism With Mao’s Marxism. Bloomberg, Nov 6, 2012.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... -mao-communism.html

Quote:

(a) "'His father was the most democratic person in the whole Chinese leadership,' said Sidney Rittenberg Sr, who was a translator for Mao and knew the elder Xi well. 'I just hope some of his father rubbed off on him.'

(b) "The public’s 'very widespread alienation from the leadership' means 'a real danger of chaos' if Xi fails to move ahead with market-driven change, said Ezra Vogel, author of 'Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China.'

“'The new leaders are very aware that their back is to the wall,' said Vogel, a professor emeritus at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 'There’s such a strong feeling in the country that they need bold reforms and big changes and to attack corruption. A lot of high officials will have to suffer.'

(c) "Xi’s task is complicated by rivalry within the Communist Party between the factions of Hu Jintao and former president Jiang Zemin, who will continue to wield influence even after Xi takes office, said New York-based Gao Wenqian, author of 'Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary.'

“'You have to compromise with every group,' Gao said. 'Hu Jintao hasn’t been able to achieve anything over 10 years because above him he has a supervisor, who is Jiang Zemin. But Xi Jinping will have not one but two supervisors watching over him: Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.'

My comment:
(a) dilly-dally (vi; reduplication of dally):
"to waste time by loitering or delaying : DAWDLE"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dilly-dally
(b) GAO Wenqian/ Zhou Enlai; The last perfect revolutionary  
高 文谦/ 周恩来传记
(c) the township of Zeguo in Wenling city  浙江省台州市温岭市 泽国镇
(d) There is no need to read teh rest of the report, besides the quotation.

(3) Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal, Nov 6, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 90740894694144.html

(4) William Wan, China’s Hu Seeks to Exert Influence Long After He Leaves Power. Washington Post,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... ca97c314_story.html

Quote:

(a) "Hu, 69, is battling strong head winds. * * * But Hu’s biggest challenge is the same one he has faced throughout his tenure: his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, 86, who continues to be the dominant force in Chinese politics.

"The furious competition between the two senior statesmen — and their large role in the patronage system that undergirds Chinese politics — only adds to the pressure on Xi Jinping

(5) 赫尔曼, 韩国将中国纵火犯引渡到日本. VOA, Nov 6, 2012.
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 121106/1540141.html

, which is translated from

Steve Herman, S Korea to Extradite Alleged Chinese Firebomber to Japan. VOA, Nov 6, 2012.
http://www.voanews.com/content/s ... -japan/1540152.html