Hu Replaces Jiang to Cap China Leadership Transition
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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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China&#39;s Communist Party chief Hu Jintao moved a close political ally out of a problem-plauged province on Monday and analysts say he will make more personnel changes as he continues to consolidate power.
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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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When President Hu Jintao opens the 17th Chinese Communist Party congress on October 15, he will be seeking to oust key rivals, name a successor and finally emerge from the shadow of his once powerful predecessor, Jiang Zemin.
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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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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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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 - 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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BEIJING -- More than a year after becoming China's president, Hu Jintao was handed the full reins of power yesterday when his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave up the nation's most powerful military post.
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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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China&#39;s former Communist Party chief and president, Jiang Zemin, plans to leave government, resigning from his last official position.
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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 Communist Party chief Hu Jintao will seek to cement his grip on power while further whittling away at the residual influence of his predecessor Jiang Zemin at a key closed-door meeting which begins on Sunday.
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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 Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao, pulled a close political ally out of a problem-plagued province Monday in an apparent further consolidation of power after assuming the top job in the military in September.
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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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Hu Jintao, who just took over as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and his predecessor Jiang Zemin had a meeting with all participants of the Fourth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee in Beijing