But none of the three is on the Central Committee, let alone the Politburo.
In late July, the Politburo officially reversed course from fighting persistent inflation to lifting growth.
It is no secret that several Politburo members thought the president had used the wrong tactics.
In other words the military is fully responsible for any policies issued by the politburo.
Only the politburo can and once a decision is made there must be no dissent.
Mr Wen and his Politburo colleagues have avoided visiting Lhasa publicly since March 2008.
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Five ageing worthies among the seven standing members of the Politburo will also go.
The Politburo decided that Mr Do should not be detained but would be watched.
ECONOMIST: Tran Do, a dissident in Vietnam, died on August 9th, aged 78
But more probably the Politburo will consist of contending groups with no clear voice of authority.
If anyone in the Politburo believes this, however, they are not yet speaking out.
Mr Hu briefly paraded the Politburo's new nine-man Standing Committee, the apex of power, before journalists.
In the Soviet Union, by contrast, culture was a matter for the central committee and the Politburo.
Speculation online was rife but once Mr Bo was suspended from China's Politburo, the government clamped down.
It is far from clear whether Mr Bo will be expelled from the Politburo, let alone be prosecuted.
He entered the Standing Committee of the Politburo in 2007 and in 2008 became the country's vice president.
The official media have praised this as a step towards greater scrutiny of the Politburo's intensely secretive operations.
These rule the provinces much as the nine-member Politburo standing committee in Beijing rules China as a whole.
Defining China's retro-chic, Red Capital Residence has five kitsch rooms with original period antiques, some picked up from Politburo offices.
Seven of nine members of the Lao Politburo are generals - thick-headed veterans well past their sell-by date.
There is no question that Wen acted with the support of the politburo and will not suffer any consequences.
Members of the Politburo were hurt as much as angered by the letter.
ECONOMIST: Tran Do, a dissident in Vietnam, died on August 9th, aged 78
Mr Hu was a Politburo hardliner in the 1980s who died in 1992.
On Thursday, Chinese state media reported that the Politburo Standing Committee convened a special meeting to consider the economy.
Last July, however, the ruling Politburo switched gears, dropping the fight against inflation and starting a campaign to stimulate growth.
The Politburo Standing Committee, the party's most powerful organization, sets broad monetary policy, which is then implemented by the PBOC.
An informal June poll among Politburo members and party elders had Zhu as frontrunner, with more than half the votes.
This effectively rules them out of membership for the more powerful Politburo, though they may remain influential behind the scenes.
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