Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was appointed China's new
leader, taking the helm of a revamped top power circle that will face the
tricky task of setting the planet's second-largest economy on a new course.
Above, Xi Jinping emerges as the head of the seven-member Communist Party of
China Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body, at
the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov.
15. For FP's complete coverage of the 18th Party Congress, click here.
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