Time's World's 100 Most Influential - Wen Jiabao

There is a difference bewteen the Premier and the President of the People's Republic of China.

The Premier is responsible for implementing government policy while the President garners the political support necessary for government policy.

Wen Jiabao is the current Premier of  China and he was recently selected by TIME as one of the 100's most influential people. With one fifth of the world at his command, that might be an understatement.

I found it interesting that Wen is said to do things by consensus rather than by hard-nosed imposition.

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