BEIJING -- Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua, once thought to be a leading candidate to be the country's premier, was not chosen to be in the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, the top decision-making body, on Sunday.
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China's Vice Premier Hu Chunhua had for years been seen as a candidate to be China's future leader. © Reuters
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