Xi Jinping preparing to hand over power to presumptive successor , Hu Jintao . `` Xi 's position will be enhanced if Hu steps down now , '' said Wenran Jiang . But experts question whether he will really retire , or maintain some vestiges of office . Chinese politicians caught up in complex factional horse-trading . Final decision on makeup of new University of Alberta expected March next year .
Xi Jinping preparing to hand over power to presumptive successor , Hu Jintao . But experts question whether he will really retire , or maintain some vestiges of office . Chinese politicians caught up in complex factional horse-trading . Final decision on makeup of new University of Alberta expected March next year .