BEIJING: The next leader of a fifth of the world's people is a Communist aristocrat married to a pop star - but his views are a mystery, hidden behind Party secrecy and an enigmatic demeanour.
Barring an unprecedented upset, Xi Jinping, 59, is to assume China's paramount political post as general secretary of the all-powerful Party at its five-yearly congress beginning this week.
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