Three of China's most powerful politicians step down
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Three of China's most powerful politicians, including Vice President Zeng Qinghong, have stood down, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
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China&#39;s former President Jiang Zemin resigned as head of the country&#39;s military, leaving President Hu Jintao as undisputed leader of the world&#39;s most populous nation.
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China's Communists began winding up a  five-yearly Congress on Sunday by announcing the Vice President  was out of the new Party lineup, making way for President Hu  Jintao to install potential successors.
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BEIJING - 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 hand to run the world's most populous nation.    Jiang, whose term was to have run until 2007, resigned at a meeting of the ruling Communist Party's Central Committee that ended Sunday...
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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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Bowing to three more cash-flowing rulers of Fooldom.
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BEIJING : Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin&#39;s resignation as his country&#39;s military chief marks the complete orderly transfer of power from the third to the fourth generation of leaders.
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China&#39;s military chief, Jiang Zemin, is likely to step down at a meeting of the Communist Party&#39;s elite Central Committee for health reasons, a source with close ties to his family said on Saturday.
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Former Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin has stepped down from his final post of the Communist Party of China, handing over the Party&#39;s top military position to President Hu Jintao.
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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...
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Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China yesterday as the country completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post.
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A new generation of politicians is replacing older clerics who sought better relations with the West.
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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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China's Communist Party expels nine officials and businessmen over a big Shanghai corruption scandal.
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN  SHANGHAI, China - Shanghai's top leader was dismissed Monday for alleged corruption, the highest level official to be axed in more than a decade as President Hu Jintao moves to consolidate his power.
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BEIJING -- Government officials said Thursday that Finance Minister Jin Renqing resigned for "personal reasons," amid concerns of surging inflation and just weeks ahead of an expected reshuffling of top government positions.
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Three top Citigroup executives, including Vice Chairman  Deryck Maughan, are leaving the financial services giant in the  wake of a scandal at its Japanese private banking unit.