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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shehanK" data-source="post: 5858642" data-attributes="member: 17345">2. Hu  Jintao     <img src="http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/25/77/01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  © John Moore/Getty Images <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paramount political leader of more people than anyone else on the planet; 1.3 billion Chinese, some 70% in their prime working years of ages 15 to 64 powering world's low-cost workshop, transforming nation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Biggest buyer of U.S. debt avoided Chinese meltdown during financial crisis with massive stimulus package to encourage domestic spending.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Coming-out party" at 2008 Beijing Olympic Games showcased young, modern, harmonious society; reality often quite different — few political, religious, press freedoms; brutal suppression of Tibet; refusal to acknowledge Taiwanese independence.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Still, credible estimates have China poised to overtake U.S. as world's largest economy in 25 years — although, crucially, not on a per-capita basis.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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