Chinese Premier Wen JiabaoHardliners In Bid To Oust China’s PM -- Times Online
China's most popular politician Wen Jiabao, the prime minister, has become a target for Communist party hardliners and could be forced from office, according to an influential magazine in Hong Kong.
Its report is a rare insight into the struggle over the future of China between political reformers and guardians of the police state.
The prime minister’s popularity rose this year as he comforted the victims of the earthquake in Sichuan province, visited people caught up in disastrous snowstorms and defended China’s unyielding policy on Tibet. A 66-year-old known as “grandpa”, he has his own page on Facebook, the social networking website seen by millions.
Rivalries inside the party have broken out behind the facade of unity erected for the Olympic Games, said Kaifang (Open), the monthly magazine that is known for its political sources inside China and its publication of information banned in the media.
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My Comment: The Chinese Sovereign funds have lost tens of billions since the world financial crisis started. Someone has to be accountable for this disaster.