China's Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang gestures as he attends Hebei delegation discussion sessions of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing October 16, 2007. The country's top cop credited with creating a more professional and powerful police force, Zhou, 64, a former oil company boss, is touted to replace hardline security tsar Luo Gan, who at 72 is to retire. Reuters Pictures 25 months ago

China's Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang gestures as he attends Hebei delegation discussion sessions of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing October 16, 2007. The country's top cop credited with creating a more professional and powerful police force, Zhou, 64, a former oil company boss, is touted to replace hardline security tsar Luo Gan, who at 72 is to retire.

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  1. In this photo released by the official Xinhua news agency, top Communist Party of China and state leaders, in first row, Hu Jintao, center, Wu Bangguo, 4th right, Wen Jiabao, 4th left, Jia Qinglin, 3rd right, Li Changchun, 3rd left, Xi Jinping, 2nd right, Li Keqiang, 2nd left, He Guoqiang, 1st right, and Zhou Yongkang, 1st left, attend a meeting to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, in Beijing, China, on Sunday Sept. 20, 2009.
  2. In this Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese leaders raise their hands at the fourth Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing, China. Communist elite concluded their annual meeting Friday with a vow to crack down on ethnic separatists and strengthen democracy within the party. There was no immediate announcement of Vice President Xi Jinping's expected appointment to a powerful military commission, which would indicate he is on course to succeed Hu Jintao as president in 2012. They are, from left, Zhou Yongkang, Li Keqiang, Li Changchun, Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Vice President Xi Jinping, and He Guoqiang.

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