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I don't know if this is true, but someone there told me Hu, as a very young man was actually hand-picked by Mao to be steered into that job once he got older
No, Mao's influence had waned before Hu started his rise. Deng Xiaoping was his mentor. imho (and Wiki of course) My daughter-in-law's mother was in the the Communist Youth League Central Committee (CY Central) when Hu was its leader in Beijing. It doesn't hurt them . . .

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