Hu Takes Full Power in China as He Gains Control of Military
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China&#39;s president, Hu Jintao, replaced Jiang Zemin as the country&#39;s military chief and de facto top leader on Sunday, state media announced, completing the first orderly transfer
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China's president, Hu Jintao, replaced Jiang Zemin as the country's military chief to complete the first orderly transfer of power in Communist Party history.
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Beijing, Sept. 21 (VNA) - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin has explained to the country&#39;s military leaders that it was natural and wise for him to name President Hu Jintao to the post of Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC).
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Former Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin has stepped down from his final post of the Communist Party of China, handing over the Party&#39;s top military position to President Hu Jintao.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao will give a Communist Party council some say in electing the Party's new core leadership in a breakthrough that could play against unpopular officials linked to his predecessor.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao Monday praised Jiang Zemin, who retired from the chairmanship of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday, for easing in a new era of Chinese leadership and for his &quot;noble character
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Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China yesterday as the country completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post.
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A DAMAGING power struggle between Chinaâs old and new guards was decisively settled yesterday with the resignation of the former president Jiang Zemin as head of Chinaâs armed forces.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has launched a 12-day tour of Africa, his third since coming to power in 2003, stepping up China's campaign to win a larger share of Africa's oil and energy resources.
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BEIJING President Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China&#39;s military chief and de facto top leader on Sunday, completing the first orderly transfer of power in Chinese Communist Party history, state media announced.
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China's Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao, pulled a close political ally out of a problem-plagued province Monday in an apparent further consolidation of power after assuming the top job in the military in September.
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BEIJING : Chinese President Hu Jintao praised the achievements of late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, the father of China&#39;s modernisation drive, as the country marked the centenary of his birth.
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BEIJING  - Former president Jiang Zemin turned over his last major post as chairman of the commission that runs China's military to his successor Hu Jintao, the government said Sunday, completing the country's first peaceful leadership transition since its 1949 revolution.
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Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has taken command of the world&#39;s largest military, inheriting the challenge of transforming a 2.5-million-strong force long bent on making money into a world-class war machine.
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The US-led coalition in Iraq formally hands control of the country's armed forces to Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.
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China&#39;s President Hu Jintao has succeeded Jiang Zemin as head of the powerful military commission, the government said Sunday, completing China&#39;s first peaceful leadership transition since its 1949 revolution.
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: Chinaâs freshly retired military leader Jiang Zemin threw his weight behind his successor Hu Jintao today and advised the armed forces never to renounce the use of force to reclaim Taiwan.