China unveils likely successors to top posts
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China's ruling Communist Party unveiled  a new leadership line-up on Monday, including two men  positioned to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and  government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
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BEIJING - China replaced its finance minister yesterday amid rumors that he might be involved in a sex scandal, and a new chief of secret police was also named. The reshuffle appeared aimed at putting President Hu Jintao's allies in key positions before a Communist Party meeting that will set policies for the next five years.
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Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong has been offered the top job in a government advisory body, dimming his allies' hopes that he might one day become president, sources with ties to the leadership said on Thursday.
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The king is dead; long live the king. That monarchist continuum has found an echo in contemporary China. In a process of seamless succession, Hu Jin Tao, till now the head of state of China and secretary-general
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Chinaâs bigger challenges lie in how to rein in the soaring stock market and whom to pick as the next governor of the central bank.
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WASHINGTON - The United States looks forward to expanding ties with China under President Hu Jintao, who has also just taken over as military chief of the most populous nation.
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Two younger comrades unveiled as likely leaders of China from 2012 onwards.
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In naming two new co-chairmen, Benazir Bhuttoâs political party also announced that it will contest coming elections.
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China steps up the fight against corruption, announcing plans for a new agency to spearhead efforts.
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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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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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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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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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As Chinaâs Jiang Zemin steps down from his post as chairman of the Central Military Commission, many scholars and media are advocating further changes, including political reform.
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BEIJING, Aug. 30 -- The Chinese government announced Thursday that five senior officials were being replaced, including the finance and state security ministers, as part of a broad realignment leading up to a crucial Communist Party congress in October.
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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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Former president Jiang Zemin has given up the top job in China&#39;s military, handing over his last post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to complete a historic leadership transition to a younger generation.