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1. Creating a perfect First Family

   Posted Nov 07th 2007, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... last month, catapulted Mr Xi to the position of heir apparent to president and party chief Hu Jintao when the latter retires in 2012 and propelled him to the centre of public attention. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/614654/creating-perfect-first-family
2. A succession message for all to see

   Posted Oct 23rd 2007, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... Ting Shi in Beijing Red carpet lineup indicates Xi Jinping is destined to lead the nation When China's new leaders took to the red carpet of the Great Hall of the People under the media glare, Xi Jinping stepped forward unruffled, followed closely by Li Keqiang . The grand game of succession looks all but over, even though nothing has been formally announced. Mr Xi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/612641/succession-message-all-see
3. One script, two personalities as rivals get to work

   Posted Oct 17th 2007, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... to succeed incumbent party chief Hu Jintao in 2012. Mr Li, the 54-year-old Liaoning party chief, had been leading the game before Mr Xi, the 52-year-old Shanghai party chief entered the fray very ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/611900/one-script-two-personalities-rivals-get-work
4. Gift exchange seems to show rift in party, but look again

   Posted Oct 15th 2009, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... both written by former president Jiang Zemin - Xi passed the latter's 'greetings and good wishes' to Merkel, according to Xinhua. President Hu Jintao, the man Xi is scripted ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/695437/gift-exchange-seems-show-rift-party-look-again
5. New party chief appointed for Liaoning

   Posted Oct 30th 2007, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... who had long been groomed by President Hu Jintao for a top leadership post. Mr Li, who had been locked in a two-horse race with former Shanghai party chief Xi Jinping for the country's top job in five years' time, was outranked by Mr Xi in the standing committee line-up released last Monday and now looks most likely to take over from Premier Wen Jiabao . Mr Xi, 54, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/613596/new-party-chief-appointed-liaoning
6. Shanghai chief in show of allegiance

   Posted Oct 06th 2007, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... Ting Shi Xi tells cadres to study President Hu's views in run-up to party congress Shanghai party chief Xi Jinping has rallied local cadres to study guidance from President Hu Jintao in an important show of allegiance in last-minute politicking ahead of the 17th party congress, at which Mr Xi is among contenders to become Mr Hu's heir apparent. Mr Xi, chairing a meeting ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/610458/shanghai-chief-show-allegiance
7. Rising star to organise 30th anniversary gala

   Posted Jan 26th 2008, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... culminate in an end-of-year conclave attended by the party's elite, the Mirror reported. Mr Xi, 54, who shot into the top leadership at the 17th National Congress last year when he joined ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/624384/rising-star-organise-30th-anniversary-gala
8. Vice-president takes the Games critics in his stride

   Posted Jun 25th 2008, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... Ting Shi The man expected to be the nation's next president, Xi Jinping , said Beijing had adopted a cool approach to the chorus of criticism which marked the country's preparation for the Olympic Games. On his first international trip since assuming the vice-presidency in March, Mr Xi told a group of Hong Kong reporters in Doha, Qatar - the third leg ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/642799/vice-president-takes-games-critics-his-stride
9. Rising hotshots don't disappoint

   Posted Oct 22nd 2007, 12:00am by Ting Shi

   ... If yesterday's final vote for the Communist Party's new Central Committee portended anything, Xi Jinping would outstrip Li Keqiang in the two-horse race for the country's top job in five years - with a razor-thin margin. In closed-door balloting, which was not made public, Mr Xi, 54, the Shanghai party chief, garnered 2,227 votes out of 2,235, and Mr Li, his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/612489/rising-hotshots-dont-disappoint
10. More reshuffles in the provinces

    Posted Mar 27th 2007, 12:00am by Ting Shi

    ... official, being promoted to become party secretary of the affluent east coast province of Zhejiang . Zhao Hongzhu filled the vacancy left by Xi Jinping, a rising political star, who was named party secretary of Shanghai in the most high-profile of the recent appointments. Mr Xi succeeded Chen Liangyu , who was ousted in September last year in a politically charged corruption scandal linked ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/586643/more-reshuffles-provinces

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