China's president seeks to consolidate power
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BEIJING -- 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 that begins today. .
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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 &#151; giving a new generation a freer hand to run the world's most populous nation.
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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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Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao ruled out multi-party democracy on Wednesday on the eve of a key meeting aimed at tightening the party's grip on power.
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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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SANTIAGOâArmed with newly consolidated political power, US President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao were set to discuss difficult
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WASHINGTON Jiang Zemin&#39;s surprise resignation of his chairmanship of China&#39;s Central Military Commission on Sunday marks a critical turning point in an otherwise murky and uncertain process of leadership succession in Beijing that began nearly two years
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Description: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin steps down as the head of the Chinese military, completing the first orderly handover of power in the history of the Chinese communist state.
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Taiwan's president says he wants talks with China to reduce military tension and misunderstanding.
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China&#39;s President Hu Jintao has made an important speech opposing Western-style political reform for the country. Speaking ahead of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, he said China would be led into
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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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Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao ruled out multi-party democracy on Wednesday on the eve of a key meeting aimed at tightening the party&#39;s grip on power.
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China&#39;s ruling Communist Party leaders, led by Hu Jintao, began a four-day closed-door plenum in Beijing today that is due to set policy for the next year and could bring some leadership changes.
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The former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, has tendered his resignation as head of the People&#39;s Liberation Army, according to reports yesterday, raising hopes for political reform in the world&#39;s most populous nation.
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Beijing, Sept. 16. (PTI): Facing unprecedented challenges to its authority, China&#39;s ruling Communist Party elites are meeting here from today to chalk out ways to prolong their one-party rule in the world&#39;s most populous nation.
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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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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan, in a conciliatory gesture aimed at China's newly consolidated leadership, proposed a fresh start yesterday on long-suspended talks to improve relations and lower tension across the Taiwan Strait.