Last of Chinaâs old guard cedes military
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Hu Jintao became China&#39;s undisputed leader yesterday as the world&#39;s most populous nation completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era.
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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 -- giving a new generation a freer
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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 President Hu Jintao has succeeded Jiang Zemin as head of the powerful military commission, the government said Sunday, completing China's first peaceful leadership transition since its 1949 revolution.
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BEIJING - President Hu Jintao's new status as commander of China's military should strengthen efforts to fight corruption and control a surging economy, forcing resistant lower-level officials to recognize Hu as their undisputed leader, analysts said Monday.    Former President Jiang Zemin's decision to hand over his last post as military chief on Sunday, almost two years after Hu succeeded him as Communist Party leader, ended tensions over control that had let local officials resist pressure to cut spending and carry out painful reforms, the analysts said...
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Jiang Zemin has given up the top job in China&#39;s military, handing over the post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao and completing a historic leadership transition to a younger generation.
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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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Chinese President Hu Jintao replaced ageing former leader Jiang Zemin as the nation's highest military chief, the final stage in the ruling Communist Party's first bloodless transfer of power.
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The final phase of the British Army's restructuring is due to take place with the merger of three historic regiments.
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WASHINGTON Jiang Zemin&#39;s surprise resignation of his chairmanship of China&#39;s Central Military Commission on Sunday marks a critical turning point in an otherwise murky and uncertain process of leadership succession in Beijing that began nearly two years
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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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If China is back, its freshly minted soldiers will have to win the battle.
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Description: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin steps down as the head of the Chinese military, completing the first orderly handover of power in the history of the Chinese communist state.
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Former president Jiang Zemin gave up  the top job in China'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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Capping a rocky but peaceful transition of power, China&#39;s ruling Communist Party on Sunday eased former paramount leader Jiang Zemin out of his last formal post as head of the military
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The world&#39;s sole remaining Cold War frontier post lost its American guards yesterday when the United States withdrew from the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea.
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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.