The person Jiang has tried to place in the leadership belongs to "gang of princelines", but Hu Jintao was from the "faction of youth league".
>>It is likely that Jiang will trey to keep his post as commander of the PLA, as Deng did, but uncertain whether he will be able to do it. Deng was a soldier, Jiang is a politician. The complaint against him here is that he is too soft.
If Jiang gives up the post as CCP's head, he can't keep the post as PLA commander. The complaint against him is not only his weakness but his failure in dealing with the Sino-US relaitions, especially after the embassy bombing and EP3 inccident.