China unveils likely successors to top posts
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China's ruling Communist Party unveiled on Monday a new leadership line-up, including two men likely to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
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Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China as the country completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era on Sunday with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post &#151; giving a new generation a freer hand to run the world's most populous nation.
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China's Communist Party opened a four-day, closed-door meeting on Thursday that will decide whether military chief Jiang Zemin completes a leadership succession by passing on his last post to party chief Hu Jintao.
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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.    Jiang, whose term was to have run until 2007, handed in his resignation during a meeting of the ruling Communist Party's Central Committee, the official Xinhua News Agency said...
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BEIJING, Oct. 22 -- Xi Jinping looked a little uncomfortable in the spotlight as President Hu Jintao introduced him Monday as the ranking newcomer in the Communist Party's elite Politburo Standing Committee. Li Keqiang, next in line in the nine-man club of China's senior mandarins, seemed more...
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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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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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Chinese President Hu Jintao has consolidated his position at the top of China&#39;s hierarchy by assuming authority over the country&#39;s armed forces, in addition to his political posts.
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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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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi chose a new group of top leaders for his ruling party Monday, ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle aimed at boosting his ability to carry out reforms.
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China's new Communist Party leadership line-up unveiled on Monday brought no surprises to U.S. China-watchers, who predicted months of caution and little movement on American concerns as leaders find their feet.
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China replaced its finance minister on Thursday amid media reports that he was involved in a sex scandal just weeks ahead of a major Communist Party meeting that will set the country's policies for the next five years.
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Former president Jiang Zemin gave up the top job in China&#39;s military Sunday, handing over his last post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to complete a historic leadership transition to a younger generation.
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China's ruling Communist Party on Monday unveils a new leadership line-up to steer the world's fourth-biggest economy for the next five years, with President Hu Jintao likely to promote younger potential successors.
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China's Communist Party opened a  four-day, closed-door meeting on Thursday that will decide  whether military chief Jiang Zemin completes a leadership  succession by passing on his last post to party chief Hu  Jintao.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao presented on Saturday certificates to two nearly promoted generals in his capacity as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China.
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The departure of Farzad Nazem will follow other senior executives who have left in the wake of the overhaul.