China's Next General Secretary

In 2007, after more than 30 years of climbing the party ladder, Xi looks set to get his wish. Six months later, at the party congress, he becomes the top bill politician in China's new standing committee. He is immediately given his first major task: Plunge Tibet into an internet blackout. Lock up dissidents. Suppress journalists. For the Games, there are calls to boycott over human rights abuses. Athletes fret about how the country's thick smog will impact their performance. She has the voice of an angel, but a mouth full of crooked teeth.