How to pronounce “standing committee” in English

I think, God forbid, we could.He's going to have a standing committee, in which there is no obvious successor.

Power was exercised not by just one person, but collectively, where each leader at the top-- and when I say the top, I generallyam referring to what's known as the Politburo Standing Committee, the top tier of leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, usually seven to nine leaders.Each leader would be given a portfolio.

So it was known that Jiang Zemin would transfer power to Hu Jintao.Xi Jinping came to office in the Politburo Standing Committee in 2007.It was known that he would take over for Hu Jintao.

So first thing we learned this fall is that there actually-- when this new leader-- this is the event, this image that I'm showing here.That's actually four out of the new seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee.There was no successor announced.

I think, God forbid, we could.But more importantly, he's going to try to put in place a standing committee, which are seven people who were supposed to be the collective leadership, even though he's