Who will be China's next premier? Key meeting may offer clues

Economic and diplomatic problems create bumps for Xi's ambitions

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From left: Hu Chunhua, Li Qiang and Li Xi. (Photos by Akira Kodaka)

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- The biggest question to be answered in this week's high-profile Chinese Communist Party meeting will likely not be who is being set up to succeed President Xi Jinping, but who will be the next second in command.

The closely watched, four-day sixth plenary session of the party's 19th Central Committee kicked off Monday in Beijing, where it is widely believed Xi will lay the groundwork for realizing his third term in power, and give high positions to members of his inner circle.

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