Guangdong Communist Party Secretary Hu Chunhua attends the Guangdong delegation's group discussion during the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 6, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Hu Chunhua, the Communist Party boss of China's southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong has long been considered a rising political star. Now, the surprise dismissal of a key regional rival may well have bolstered that image.
Sources close to top party and government officials have long touted the 54-year-old as one of the most promising of the so-called "sixth generation" of leaders born in the 1960s, someone who could be a contender to take the top job when President Xi Jinping eventually steps down.
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