The first generation of African leaders preferred personal relationships to treaties and diplomatic links.

ECONOMIST: Jacques Foccart

The fifth generation military leaders are the first to have come out of the military modernization process, and to have had their careers shaped by the priorities of a China that has become a global economic power.

FORBES: Overhaul Coming To China's Leadership

Today 90% of the biggest jobs in America are filled by first-generation leaders.

FORBES: Flashbacks