From left to right: The front-page of People's Daily on Oct. 26, 2017, showing Xi Jinping's image dominant. The front page of the People's Daily on Nov. 16, 2012, showing Xi Jinping shaking hands with Hu Jintao, and other members of the new Standing Committee. On Wednesday, China’s President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping unveiled the other six members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's supreme leadership council, after the conclusion of the 19th Party Congress. The other six standing committee members only appear in a small group photo below. [China’s Xi Jinping unveils his top party leaders, with no successor in sight]Contrast that to the front page five years before, when Xi Jinping took power.

Source: Washington Post October 27, 2017 10:07 UTC