The Best Portraits from TIME 2010

Wen Jiabao
Photographed by Platon for TIME
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao oversaw a year of expanding economic growth. His country hosted the Shanghai 2010 Expo, grappled with natural disasters and faced criticism for trying to muzzle the Internet and keep Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo behind bars.

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