Hu Takes Full Power in China as He Gains Control of Military
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China&#39;s president, Hu Jintao, replaced Jiang Zemin as the country&#39;s military chief and de facto top leader on Sunday, state media announced, completing the first orderly transfer
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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 in a brief dispatch...
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BEIJING : Chinese President Hu Jintao was named Sunday to replace elderly leader Jiang Zemin as head of China&#39;s powerful Central Military Commission, state press said.
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Marking the fifth anniversary of China&#39;s assumption of power over this former Portuguese colony, President Hu Jintao on Sunday praised Macau&#39;s economic success under Beijing&#39;s rule - a
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Chinese President Hu Jintao puts clean government and sharing wealth fairly at the top of his political agenda.
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A meeting of China&#39;s ruling Communist Party is due to close later on Sunday amid reports military chief Jiang Zemin will complete a long awaited leadership transition by handing the army over to President Hu Jintao.
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Jiang Zemin, head of China&#39;s military and former president, may step down on Sunday, handing full power to his successor, Hu Jintao.
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BEIJING : Chinese President Hu Jintao praised the achievements of late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, the father of China&#39;s modernisation drive, as the country marked the centenary of his birth.
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Prominent Chinese activist Hu Jia is formally arrested more than a month after being taken into custody.
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HONG KONGâChina&#39;s Communist Party has completed its first peaceful transfer of power, announcing the retirement yesterday of Jiang Zemin as chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission.
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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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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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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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SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il sent a congratulatory message to Chinese President Hu Jintao for becoming the country&#39;s highest military chief, Pyongyang said.
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A DAMAGING power struggle between Chinaâs old and new guards was decisively settled yesterday with the resignation of the former president Jiang Zemin as head of Chinaâs armed forces.
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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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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.