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PBS NewsHour | Assessing Hurdles On the Eve China's Political Transition | PBS

Duration: 07:30
Program: PBS NewsHour #10493
Broadcast Date: Nov. 8, 2012

As outgoing Chinese president Hu Jintao passes off leadership to a new successor, China faces a slight economic slowdown after a decade of explosive decade, a growing middle class with shifting expectations and recent charges of political corruption. Margaret Warner gets analysis from David Lampton of Johns Hopkins University.

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Post Date: November 8, 2012