PoliticsRising stars give hope to China's marginalized Youth League faction
New generation of alumni born in 1980s start filling high-level posts
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua, left, holds a news conference in London with Philip Hammond, then the British chancellor of the exchequer, in June 2019. Hu belongs to the Youth League faction and has long been seen as a possible future premier. © Reuters
SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer
August 10, 2021 14:08 JST
BEIJING -- Young talent from the Communist Youth League of China has quietly risen through the Communist Party's ranks, setting the stage for a future comeback by a faction that once produced top leaders but has been largely sidelined under President Xi Jinping.