Does "the famously stiff leader" refer to "Hu Jintao"?

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If so, the sentence below is a run-on and should be edited. No.

Xi Jinping is regarded as more self-confident and gregarious than President Hu Jintao, the famously stiff leader (whom) he (Xi Jinping) is on track to succeed next year in a highly choreographed transition that includes, as a major step, this week’s visit.
The famously stiff leader is Hu Jintao. We have a rather long defining relative clause that contains within itself a second defining relative clausse (which itself contains words within commas), but the sentence is grammatically sound.

Xi Jinping is regarded as more self-confident and gregarious thanPresident Hu Jintao, (the famously stiff leader (whom) he (Xi Jinping) is on track to succeed next year in a highly choreographed transition that includes, as a major step, this week’s visit).
 
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The famously stiff leader is Hu Jintao. We have a rather long defining relative clause that contains within itself a second defining relative clausse (which itself contains words within commas), but the sentence is grammatically sound.

Xi Jinping is regarded as more self-confident and gregarious thanPresident Hu Jintao, (the famously stiff leader (whom) he (Xi Jinping) is on track to succeed next year in a highly choreographed transition that includes, as a major step, this week’s visit).

Good stuff.
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