Images Related to the Selection of China's New President

On November 15 the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (the "CPC") selected Xi Jiping (習近平) to be General Secretary of the CPC and Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission. That makes him, for all intents and purposes, the leader of China. Xi is married to Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛), a Chinese folk singer. Their daughter is enrolled at Harvard University. Xi has promoted market reforms and spoken against corruption. He is the son of a Chinese revolutionary hero, and his extended family is reported as having holdings in the hundreds of millions. The Big Picture has a selection of images of his ascension and the party congress -- here's a few: