Xi risks having hands tied as China's next premier race heats up

U.S. trade tensions, slowing economic growth weigh on choice of Li's successor

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The short list to replace Li Keqiang as premier, from left: Shanghai party chief Li Qiang, top advisory body chairman Wang Yang, and Vice Premier Hu Chunhua. (Source photos by Kyodo)

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- As the National People's Congress wraps up, attention is turning to the question of who will succeed Premier Li Keqiang next year, a decision that could reveal much about the power balance in the Communist Party's upper echelons.

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