Newsweek International, December 30th, 2002
Zeng Qinghong? Isn't he a pop singer?" asks Qing Qing, a thirtysomething Chinese woman from the northeast, with conviction slowly fading from her face. Most Chinese could be forgiven for not knowing the bespectacled and seemingly affable man who rose in November to the No. 5 position on the powerful Politburo Standing Committee. Zeng is not a household name, after all, and most eyes at the Party Congress were focused on Hu Jintao, who succeeded Jiang Zemin as China's top leader. But Zeng is no stranger to Chinese politics, and he could soon emerge as the most powerful man in China. By all acc...
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