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By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - China's legislature formally chose Li Keqiang as premier on Friday, installing an English-speaking bureaucrat as the man in charge of the economy, the world's second-largest, and its aim of reviving growth through consumer-led expansion. The largely rubber-stamp National People's Congress, as expected, chose Li, 57, to replace Wen Jiabao. Nearly 3,000 delegates gathered in Beijing's Great Hall of the People to vote on Li's appointment, putting the final stamp of approval on a generational transition of power. ...More...