China's Jiang Turns Over Last Post to Hu
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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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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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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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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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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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President Hu Jintao has become determined to break up entrenched local fiefs and install officials who answer only to him.
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Former President Jiang Zemin gave up the top job in China&#39;s military yesterday, handing over his last post to the Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao, to complete the leadership transition to a younger generation.
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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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BEIJING - China&#39;s former president Jiang Zemin has retired as chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, his last official post in government.
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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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China's ageing former paramount ruler Jiang Zemin is expected to give up his last official post when a high-level meeting of the ruling Communist Party ends later.
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China's Communist Party is due to wrap  up a four-day meeting on Sunday at which military chief Jiang  Zemin is expected to give up his last post, completing a  historic leadership succession.
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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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Jiang Zemin, China&#39;s military chief and longtime senior leader, may formally step down on Sunday, putting President Hu Jintao in full command of the Chinese Army, state and
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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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China's communists wrap up a key leadership meeting Sunday amid speculation over whether former President Jiang Zemin is giving up his last major post, accelerating a handover of power to his successor, Hu Jintao.
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Former President Jiang Zemin resigns his post as head of military.