Hu Replaces Jiang as China Military Chief
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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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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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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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resident Hu Jintao won a second five-year term as China's Communist Party chief Monday, heading a new leadership lineup that features potential successors yet could invite a divisive battle to succeed him
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The Fourth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee in the Communist Party in China was closed on September 19. In this meeting, Jiang Zeminâs resignation as the CPC`s top military official was the top story.
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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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China's Communist Party is due to wrap  up a four-day meeting on Sunday at which military chief Jiang  Zemin is expected to give up his last post, completing a  historic leadership succession.
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A senior figure in the Burmese military has been appointed to replace the prime minister, Khin Nyunt, Burmese state media has reported.
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(140 sec.) Who will succeed Hu Jintao as president?
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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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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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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 former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, has tendered his resignation as head of the People&#39;s Liberation Army, according to reports yesterday, raising hopes for political reform in the world&#39;s most populous nation.
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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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BEIJING - The Chinese Communist Party said yesterday that three of its most powerful leaders were retiring, opening the way for a new generation including the eventual successor of President Hu Jintao as head of the world's most populous nation. The announcement marked the latest step in a carefully orchestrated sequence of decisions at the party's weeklong 17th National Congress, ...