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Small corridors of power at Nuctech

Until now, Hu Haifeng, the 38-year-old son of China's paramount leader Hu Jintao, has managed to stay out of the limelight. While Hu senior climbed the party ranks - through unglamourous assignments as party leader in impoverished Guizhou province and then Tibet - the family remained in Beijing. Haifeng attended his father's alma mater, Tsinghua University. He joined Nuctech after obtaining his master's degree in engineering physics....

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