Change in sight for the Chinese Communist Party?   This week,
the Chinese Communist Party will undergo a once-in-a-decade
transition as President Hu Jintao turns the country over to
current Vice President Xi Jinping.  In the president’s closing
speech, he urged the members of the ruling party and its
prospective leaders to deal with party-wide corruption.
Corruption he admittedly stated is rampant throughout the nation
and ruling system.  Hu stated in his final speech to the
members, “If we fail to handle the issue well, it could cause
the collapse of the party and the fall of the state.”  Within
China there have been whispers of political, social, and
economic reform. These whispers come from citizens, insiders and
the ruling elite. Reports of civil protest are breaking the
nation’s “great firewall” and reaching international audiences
generally through social media and video-sharing.  But many
political bystanders and Chinese citizens doubt if the party
will take effective measures to deal with issues that