The Catholic Church signals the selection of a new pope by white smoke, and I think the Communist Party of China has just burned the white smoke and chosen a successor to Hu.
All of the major news outlets in China are running as their headline story, Hu Jintao visiting the Jiangsu delegation, and more interestingly the are running the exact same picture of Hu shaking hands with the members of that delegation. Standing right behind him is governor Li Yuanchao. If you look at the picture, it’s pretty obvious what message is being sent. Hu Jintao shaking hands, and Li Yuanchao is standing right behind him……
