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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

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.

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  3. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.
  4. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.
  5. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.
  6. Present and former Chinese Communist Party leaders Jiang Zemin (R) and Hu Jintao (L) are seen on a giant screen from National Day celebrations earlier in the day as particiants gather on Tiananmen Square for evening events on October 1, 2009 in Beijing as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule with a military parade and lavish ceremonies showcasing the nation's revival as a global power.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. China's Vice President Xi Jinping (R) and Belgium's King Albert II (L) attend the "Son of Heaven" exhibition as part of the Europalia-China festival in Brussels October 8, 2009. Belgium and its neighbouring regions celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture by hosting hundreds of events in the next months.
  10. China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) and Belgium's King Albert II (R) attend the "Son of Heaven" exhibition as part of the Europalia-China festival in Brussels October 8, 2009. Belgium and its neighbouring regions celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture by hosting hundreds of events in the next months.
  11. China's Vice President Xi Jinping (C) and King Albert II attend the "Son of Heaven" exhibition as part of the Europalia-China festival in Brussels October 8, 2009. Belgium and its neighbouring regions celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture by hosting hundreds of events in the next months.
  12. Belgium's Queen Paola (L), China's Vice President Xi Jinping (C) and King Albert II attend the "Son of Heaven" exhibition as part of the Europalia-China festival in Brussels October 8, 2009. Belgium and its neighbouring regions celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture by hosting hundreds of events in the next months.
  13. China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) inaugurates the exhibition "Son of Heaven" as part of the Europalia-China festival in Brussels October 8, 2009. Belgium and its neighbouring regions will celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture by hosting hundreds of events in the next months.
  14. China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) and Belgium's King Albert II (R) inaugurate the exhibition "Son of Heaven" as part of the Europalia-China festival in Brussels October 8, 2009. Belgium and its neighbouring regions will celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture by hosting hundreds of events in the next months.

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