Person of the Year 2007

The Rise of Hu Jintao

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Hu's ascent was greatly enhanced by his appointment in 1988 to Party Chief of the restive Tibet Autonomous Region, where he oversaw a political crackdown the following year. In this photograph he stands next to the Panchen Lama, a high-ranking Tibetan spiritual leader.

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