Xi famously became a booster for Geely, a local automaker that would eventually purchase Volvo. And in a party renowned for its chronic corruption, he had a reputation for staying clean. In 2007 he was chosen to replace Shanghai's disgraced party...

That probe netted a number of city officials after the suicide of deputy Mayor Wang Baosen. In 2007, President Hu Jintao used a corruption case against Shanghai party chief Chen Liangyu to purge him and marginalize the remnants of the rival Shanghai gang.

He has a daughter at Harvard and is known as a charming figure with a sharp mind. He also has a reputation as a graft-buster, having taken over as party boss in Shanghai in 2007 when his predecessor Chen Liangyu was felled in a corruption scandal. His...

How can you presume to be trying to arrange the new Politburo Standing Committee?” Qiao accused Jiang of having “broken the rules” at the 16th Party Congress by expanding the PBSC and packing so many of his supporters onto the Politburo, particularly...