China's pretender Zeng steward of Jiang's legacy [LatelineNews: 2002-11-5] BEIJING - Patronage is a potent force in Chinese politics, and perhaps none of the up-and-coming "fourth generation" Communist Party leaders knows its powers better than Zeng Qinghong. As head of the party's influential Organisation Department until last month, Zeng had long-time boss and benefactor President Jiang Zemin to thank for a job in which he had a hand in some of the most important decisions made in China. Chinese sources say that when the party holds its 16th congress starting on Friday and picks new leaders, Zeng will have Jiang...