Not a Mencius among them
It is not surprising that, in the highly bureaucratized world of Chinese Communist Party politics, the guys who make it to the top level are careful, conservative, yes-men, who have made a career out of sensing which way the political wind is blowing and bending accordingly. We should not expect bold, individualistic leadership styles to emerge from such an institutional milieu. The era of powerful singular leaders (powerful in the sense of having the capacity to individually turn public policy quickly in new directions) is gone. There are no more Maos or Dengs. And that may be a good thing. Remember what happened under Mao's personalist rule (Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution) and how Deng turned out the army when things got rough in 1989.