MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL China’s once-a-decade Communist Party leadership transition began this week with president and party secretary Hu Jintao expected to hand over the reins to vice-president Xi Jinping with vice-premier Li Keqiang expected to take over for Wen Jiabao. It is however still unclear who ultimately the nine members of the ruling elite Politburo Standing Committee would be. In his opening address of the 18th Party Congress Hu addressed the corruption issues notably the case of disgraced Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai that have plagued China this year. “Combating corruption and promoting political integrity which is a ...