Hu Takes Full Power in China as He Gains Control of Military
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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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BEIJING  - Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China as the country completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era 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.
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On Monday, Chinese President Hu Jintao introduced Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping, two new members of the Communist Party's top policymaking body, and likely rivals for the top job.
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China has issued a national defence policy to crush &quot;the vicious rise&quot; of Taiwan independence forces at its core. It is the first time such a policy has been issued since President Hu Jintao became military chief.
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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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Chinese President Hu Jintao moved shrewdly to strengthen his position at the Party Congress. But that won't necessarily make implementing his policies any easier
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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
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Crushing "the vicious rise" of Taiwan independence was put firmly at the core of a new national defence policy, the first prepared by President Hu Jintao since he became head of China's military.
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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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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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: Chinaâs freshly retired military leader Jiang Zemin threw his weight behind his successor Hu Jintao today and advised the armed forces never to renounce the use of force to reclaim Taiwan.
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Sunday&#39;s departure of Jiang Zemin as head of China&#39;s military was a surprise, though rumors of a power struggle with
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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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BEIJING Sept. 20, 2004 - President Hu Jintao&#39;s new status as commander of China&#39;s military should strengthen efforts to fight corruption and control a surging economy, forcing resistant lower-level officials
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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 on Monday praised Jiang Zemin, who retired from the chairmanship of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC
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President 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.