Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, in order of rank, with degree:
1. Hu Jintao - President of the People's Republic of China; hydraulic engineer, Tsinghua U. (Beijing), 1965.
2. Wu Bangguo - Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; electron tube engineer, Tsinghua U. (Beijing), 1960.
3. Wen Jiabao - Premier of the State Council; geology engineer, Beijing Institute of Geology, 1967(?).
4. Jia Qinglin - Chairman of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; (electrical engineer), Hebei U. of Technology, 1962(?).
5. Li Changchun - (none specified); electrical engineer, Harbin Institute of Technology, 1966.
6. Xi Jinping - Vice President of the People's Republic of China; chemical engineer (grad?); Tsinghua U. (Beijing), 1966(?).
7. Li Keqiang - First Vice Premier of the State Council; lawyer and PhD in economics, Peking U. (Beijing), (date?).
8. He Guoqiang - (none specified); chemical engineer, Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering, (date?).
9. Zhou Yongkang - (none specified); geophysical survey engineer, Beijing Petroleum Institute, (date?).
ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee
with the following caveat:
note: current order may be temporary, although they will be employed for the time being by state media. The protocol order of the remaining five will be determined as their portfolios are modified.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage.........you saying who else but engineers could have analyzed the 'problem'*, and addressed it by recommending the most cost effective way of 'dealing'** with the 'problem'......
Explains those incredible people skills.
* unsustainable population growth
** drowned at birth
Originally posted by AThousandYoungyeah, but you'd think that with the bad rep lawyers have it would serve as a disincentive to voters to elect them.
It's part of having a Constitution that is above the Party, and of having more than one Party. Dissent is tolerated and with it come lawyers.
Originally posted by Palynkain 20 years beijing has gone from a dusty, crowded hovel to a shiny, less-dusty, crowded metropolis.
Who would have know that zeeblebot would have an inferiority complex about his degree. 😵
they've built up an trade deficit the rest of the world can only envy.
and successfully resisted so far attempts to upscale their currency.
and they've mostly eschewed adventurism since taking over tibet.
etc., etc.
any parallels out there?
Originally posted by zeeblebotThe Egyptian pyramids?
in 20 years beijing has gone from a dusty, crowded hovel to a shiny, less-dusty, crowded metropolis.
they've built up an trade deficit the rest of the world can only envy.
and successfully resisted so far attempts to upscale their currency.
and they've mostly eschewed adventurism since taking over tibet.
etc., etc.
any parallels out there?
Did you become a Party fan before or after you learned some were engineers?
Originally posted by zeeblebotIt's just the nicest example, graphically and ideologically.
you had to go back that far? 😵
re "Party fan", i think you'd find very few people in China who want to go back to the old days. relatively.
So you're a fan of the current Party, but not of Mao. That's ok, it's what I meant. Don't be shy. When did it happen? Before or after you found out they were engineers?