No surprises as China congress chooses key committee

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's president-in-waiting and the country's next premier began the carefully scripted, final ascent to the top echelon of power on Wednesday as a Communist Party Congress elevated them to a key ruling council. Xinhua news agency confirmed that Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang were both elected to the party's central committee at the end of the week-long meeting, a result that was never really in doubt. ...