Although the chart is labelled 'Really Clear Politics' the reality is that politics are usually anything but clear. It is the nature of politics that there are winners and losers but which ever party gets in, America has a tough road ahead.
Of significantly more interest to me is the change in Chinese leadership that is taking place at the moment. What a contrast in style it is from the hoopla experienced in the USA. The Straits Times has an excellent section on the issues and the challenges that they face.
They are labelled the Lost Generation because of what they missed out on during Mao's Cultural Revolution. As correspondent Peh Shing Huei puts it, they had no childhood, no education, no family and, in the eyes of many, never felt happiness.
How has this shaped their attitudes, their global vision and their capability to take on the challenges China faces. We shall have to wait and see.
The reins will be handed over on November 8th to Vice-President Xi Jinping, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang and other members of the fifty plus generation. First they will need to navigate their way through the shoals of factional in-fighting and it will be 350 top cadres of the Chinese Communist Party who decide the final make up of the top table.
It is a once-in-40-year coincidence where both the China and US leadership changes at the same time. It all makes for an interesting month or, if politics is not your thing, switch to the Shopping Channel.
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