Visitors to Beijing's Fine Arts Museum look at a portrait of President Jiang Zemin on...

Visitors to Beijing's Fine Arts Museum look at a portrait of President Jiang Zemin on display June 27. Jiang, celebrating ten years in power this week, has grown from boy emperor to a shrewd politician who weilds power second to none in the world's most populous country. He needs an heir, but if he manes one he risks creating a second centre of power as well as a surge of opposition form political opponents and rival would-be successors.[ If he doesn't, he faces a succession vacuum that could prove more dangerous for a country struggling with a plethora of problems - rising crime, unemployment, wide spread corruption, and disgruntled peasants.]