This is about to change. Due to the way seniority and retirement ages are respected by the Chinese leadership you can track very clear generational shifts. In 2

This is about to change. Due to the way seniority and retirement ages are respected by the Chinese leadership you can track very clear generational shifts. In 2012 the fourth generation is going to mostly give way to the fifth generation, which has a much wider educational background. There will still be plenty of engineers in charge, but also many with majors in the social science -- e.g. Li Keqiang, expected to be the next Premier, has a PhD in economics.