China

Provides a timely assessment of the Hu–Wen Administration as China prepares for a change of leadership in 2012–13. It evaluates the performance and achievements of China in the Hu–Wen era in terms of economic development, the establishment of a rudimentary social security system and rising international status; the new opportunities and challenges facing China; and how the likely successors Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang will handle these opportunities and challenges.