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The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: 65
OCCUPATION: President of China
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 3
PRO: Recently reelected to a second five-year term (landslide! nailed it again!), Hu recently got a gift, in the form of a more mainland-friendly regime in Taiwan. He's also the frontman for Awesome China Expo '08 (a.k.a. the Olympics)...
CON: ...and the two big liabilities it brings with it: increased scrutiny of China's human-rights record in Tibet and its support of the Sudanese government's repressive policies in Darfur. There's also the collapse of the American consumer economy to worry about.
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