Xi replaces Hu as China Communist chief

Xi replaces Hu as China Communist chief

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R in front row), Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L in front row) and other participants clap during the concluding session of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 14, 2012. Xi replaced Hu as head of the Communist Party of China in a new leadership elected by the party's Central Committee on Nov. 15.

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