China’s Xi unveils new leaders but no obvious successor

FILE – This combination of file photos taken on Oct. 2017 shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, top left, and members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the inner circle of Chinese political power. From top from left to right, President Xi, Premier Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, director of the General Office of the Communist Party, Vice Premier Wang Yang, From bottom from left to right: Wang Huning, director of the party’s Central Policy Research Office, Zhao Leji, head of the Central Organization Department responsible for job assignments, and Shanghai party leader Han Zheng, a veteran manager of the country’s financial hub. Communist Party leader Xi on Wednesday, Oct.25, 2017, unveiled the lineup of the ruling Communist Party’s highest body who will rule alongside him as Xi embarks on a second five-year term as party leader. (AP Photo/File)