Chinese leadership transition completed
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MARK COLVIN: In China, President Hu Jintao has now assumed control of the military, marking his rise to full power after a leadership change that began in late 2002.
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Major newspapers in the world all praised China&#39;s completion of &quot;smooth and orderly&quot; transfer of power to a younger generation over the weekend.
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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 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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BEIJING - China&#39;s former president Jiang Zemin has retired as chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, his last official post in government.
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The deal is a dramatic sign of the ongoing transformation of the still nominally communist People's Republic of China into an increasingly outward-looking nation integrating itself into the world economy.-The Washington Post
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BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday pledged to improve the leadership of the Communist Party at a time when its popularity is waning.
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Jiang Zemin gave up the top job in  China's military on Sunday, handing over the post to Communist  Party chief Hu Jintao and completing a historic leadership  transition to a younger generation.
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Los Angeles Times - BEIJING &#8212; More than a year after becoming China's president, Hu Jintao was handed the full reins of power Sunday when his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave up the nation's most powerful military post.
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BEIJING, Oct. 21 -- The Chinese Communist Party announced Sunday that three of its most powerful leaders were retiring, making way for a new generation including the eventual successor of President Hu Jintao as head of the world's most populous nation.
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Hu Jintao, who just took over as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the CommunistParty of China (CPC), and his predecessor Jiang Zemin had a meeting with
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BEIJING - Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin yesterday relinquished his last official post as head of the military. The move completed the first peaceful power transfer in China since the Communist Party came into power in 1949.
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China's Communist Party unveils its new leadership line-up, with new faces joining its top decision-making body.
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Leaders from Singapore and Malaysia said talks have been successful after they agreed to move forward on outstanding bilateral issues.
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Former President Jiang Zemin gave up the top job in China&#39;s military yesterday, handing over his last post to the Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao, to complete the leadership transition to a younger generation.
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Hu Jintao, now officially China&#39;s commander-in-chief, takes over a powerful and just expanded Central Military Commission (CMC) that is weighted with his supporters, though he still
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Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong retired from the Communists' upper ranks on Sunday, bolstering Party boss Hu Jintao's grip on power and clearing the way for a younger generation of potential successors.