How the New Premier Climbed the Rungs of Power

(Beijing) – Climbing a muddy mountain slope, Li Keqiang sighs to himself, "it's too sparse here. There's too little land in the mountains. It's going to be hard for people here to increase production."

This scene unfolded in Enshi, a mountainous, poor region inhabited by the Tujia people in Hebei Province, on December 29, 2012, during Li's official visit as a vice premier and one of the seven Politburo Standing Committee members.