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☆ Jiang Zemin, Former China Leader, Dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Chun Han Wong | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HONG KONG—Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese leader who rose to power after the deadly crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests and presided over his country’s economic rise heading into the 21st century, died Wednesday at the age of 96. Mr. Jiang died at 12:13 p.m. in Shanghai, where he succumbed to leukemia and multiple organ failure, according to a Communist Party communiqué published by the government-run Xinhua News Agency.

☆ Jiang Zemin made China richer and more unequal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( John Foley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Jiang Zemin, who died on Wednesday, catapulted China into the modern world. And his death comes at an inconvenient time for the current president, Xi Jinping. Chosen as party chief weeks before the violent 1989 suppression of Tiananmen Square protesters who demanded economic and political reforms, Jiang inherited a system riven by infighting. While numbers can deceive in a state-led economy like China’s, Jiang still notched up some encouraging stats. Follow @johnsfoley on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSJiang Zemin, the former president of China, died on Nov. 30.

☆ Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies aged 96
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] China's President Jiang Zemin gestures during his press conference in Beijing, China, September 2, 1994. REUTERS/Will Burgess/File PhotoBEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96 of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, Chinese state media reported. Jiang died at 12:13 p.m. (0413 GMT) in his home city of Shanghai, the official Xinhua news agency said, publishing a letter to the Chinese people by the ruling Communist Party, parliament, Cabinet and the military announcing the death. It described "our beloved Comrade Jiang Zemin" as an outstanding leader of high prestige, a great Marxist, statesman, military strategist and diplomat and a long-tested communist fighter. Reporting by Tony Munroe and Yew Lun Tian; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Obituary: China's Jiang Zemin confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/5] A security guard stands next to a portrait of China's former President Jiang Zemin at an exhibition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, China, July 7, 2011. Under Jiang, China weathered the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, joined the World Trade Organisation in 2001 and won the bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. "Jiang Zemin was more ready to be natural, even though sometimes it could be perceived as vulgar, not very sophisticated." At celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic in 1999, floats carried giant portraits of Mao, Deng and Jiang past Tiananmen Square. Jiang, like Mao, wore his trousers well above his waist and brushed his hair straight back.

☆ For China’s Leader, Another Dilemma: How to Mourn Jiang Zemin
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Chris Buckley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The deaths of Chinese Communist leaders are always fraught moments of political theater, and especially so now with the passing of Jiang Zemin soon after a wave of public defiance on a scale unseen since Mr. Jiang came to power in 1989. China’s sternly autocratic current leader, Xi Jinping, must preside over the mourning for Mr. Jiang, who died on Wednesday at 96, while he also grapples with widespread protests against China’s exceptionally stringent Covid-19 restrictions. The demonstrations have at times also boldly called for China to return to the path of political liberalization that seemed at least thinkable, even openly discussable, under Mr. Jiang during the 1990s. How Mr. Xi orchestrates that feat — paying tribute to Mr. Jiang while preventing him from becoming a symbolic cudgel against Mr. Xi’s politics — will be another challenge for him in the coming weeks, as China tries to manage rising coronavirus cases and an economic slowdown.

☆ Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies at age 96, state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96 of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, Chinese state media reported. Jiang died at 12:13 p.m. (0413 GMT) in his home city of Shanghai, the official Xinhua news agency said, publishing a letter to the Chinese people by the ruling Communist Party, parliament, Cabinet and the military announcing the death. "Comrade Jiang Zemin's death is an incalculable loss to our Party and our military and our people of all ethnic groups," the letter read, saying the announcement was made with "profound grief". It described "our beloved Comrade Jiang Zemin" as an outstanding leader of high prestige, a great Marxist, statesman, military strategist and diplomat and a long-tested communist fighter. Jiang was plucked from obscurity to head China's ruling Communist Party after the bloody Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989, but broke the country out of its subsequent diplomatic isolation, mending fences with the United States and overseeing an unprecedented economic boom.

☆ China’s Xi Stacks Government With Science and Tech Experts Amid Rivalry With U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Karen Hao | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HONG KONG—Chinese leader Xi Jinping has packed the top ranks of the Communist Party with a new generation of leaders who have experience in aerospace, artificial intelligence and other strategically important areas, as Beijing seeks to become a science and technology superpower that rivals the U.S. The roster of officials with backgrounds in science and technology on the party’s 205-member Central Committee has rebounded to roughly the length it had during former leader Jiang Zemin ’s first five-year term, beginning in 1992, when he kicked off a rapid acceleration of scientific research and innovation. The increase comes as Washington takes steps both to contain China’s tech sector and boost U.S. innovation.

☆ Xi shook up the power order in China, but the world should expect little change — because Xi is still the complete puppet master, 2 experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Last month, Xi Jinping announced who would join him to be the top seven officials in China. Kevin Frayer/Stringer/Getty ImagesBoosted to the second-in-command spot by Xi, Li is thought to be one of the president's closest protégés. Having been the lowest-ranked member of the previous standing committee, Zhao has jumped four positions to get to his current role. It indicates to me that Xi Jinping is satisfied with the work that Zhao has done," said Loh. "Xi Jinping makes it very clear.

☆ What happened to former Chinese leader Hu Jintao?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Analysis Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

China's former leader Hu Jintao is lifted from his chair by a young aide at the closing of the Communist Party Congress on Saturday. Neither has the incident been reported in Chinese language media, or discussed on Chinese social media, where conversations around senior leaders are highly restricted. Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao is taken by the arm and escorted out. “For whatever reasons, Xi ordered Hu to be escorted out when he must have thought that Hu might not behave exactly as Xi would have wanted,” he said. Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao pats the shoulder of his protege, Premier Li Keqiang.

☆ China's Xi deals knockout blow to once-powerful Youth League faction
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Martin Quin Pollard | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

BEIJING, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The three most glaring omissions from China's new Communist Party leadership share one common trait: all rose through its Youth League and were considered members of a once-powerful faction whose influence Xi Jinping has now effectively crushed. "On Hu Chunhua, I think this has been Xi Jinping's main tactic of shutting down the youth league faction," said Victor Shih, an expert on elite politics in China and a professor at the University of California, San Diego. "They are completely defeated," said Cheng Li, a specialist on the transformation of political leaders in China, referring to the sidelining of the Youth League faction. The Youth League has been active in attacking foreign brands accused of misbehaviour in China, such as false advertising. The Youth League did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

☆ Hu Jintao’s Exit from China’s Party Congress Causes a Stir
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( James T. Areddy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Retired Chinese leader Hu Jintao , the 79-year-old predecessor to Xi Jinping , was the focus of a highly unusual stir at Saturday’s closing session of the Communist Party’s twice-a-decade congress, making an unceremonious exit mid-proceedings. The departure of Mr. Hu appeared to illustrate how Mr. Xi’s supremacy has been aided by a generational shift in power. Jiang Zemin , the 96-year-old who led the Communist Party from 1989 to 2002, didn’t appear at all among the almost 2,300 delegates in the Great Hall of the People, during neither the Oct. 16 opening nor the Oct. 22 closing sessions of the party congress.

☆ China’s Premier Li Keqiang dropped in leadership shuffle
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Only Central Committee members can serve on the Standing Committee. The party congress also approved an amendment of the party constitution Saturday that could further enhance Xi Jinping’s stature as China’s leader. Xi is expected to retain the top spot when the new Standing Committee is unveiled Sunday. The roughly 2,000 delegates to the party congress — wearing blue surgical masks under China’s strict zero-Covid policy — met in the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing. President Xi Jinping, right, looks on as former Chinese President Hu Jintao, is assisted to leave the hall.

☆ Hu Jintao’s Exit From China’s Party Congress Causes a Stir
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( James T. Areddy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ China ex-official Zhang makes first appearance since sexual assault claim
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Chinese former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli made his first public appearance on Sunday since Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused him of sexual assault last year, attending the 20th Communist Party Congress. Her post led the Women's Tennis Association to suspend tournaments in China and caused an international outcry over her safety. Hu, 79, slightly unsteady but appearing healthy, followed immediately behind Xi onto the stage and sat next to Xi. Other retired leaders on the rostrum included other former members of the party's elite Standing Committee, which rules China, including Jia Qinglin and Zeng Qinghong. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Yew Lun Tian; Writing by Ben Blanchard and William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Factbox: How China's Communist Party Congress works
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Yew Lun Tian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping is poised to win a third five-year term as General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party, the most powerful job in the country, at the 20th Party Congress that starts on Sunday. During the opening ceremony, which is broadcast with a delay, Xi will read out the 20th party congress report, reviewing the party's achievements of recent years and laying out its vision for the next five years. At the 19th party congress, the opening speech lasted 3 hours and 24 minutes. THE CLOSING CEREMONYAt the closing ceremony, typically a week after the start, delegates vote to endorse the congress report and party constitution amendment. The Standing Committee members enter in order of seniority, highest to lowest.

☆ Panegiricul lui Voronin. Op-Ed de Victor Pelin
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +8 min

Op-Ed de Victor Pelin„ Vladimir Voronin știe ce spune, întrucât a fost victima influenței străine directe în timpul alegerilor parlamentare din 2005 și din 2014...”1. Dar să revenim la compararea PCRM și PCC, care ne amintește de fabula țânțarului și armasarului . Deosebirea e că tovarășul Deng a procedat calculat atunci când a anunțat deschiderea și reformarea Chinei, iar Voronin a procedat hazardat, amenințând cu transformarea Republicii Moldova în Cuba Europei . Apoi, a urmat semnarea în 2002 a decretului privind integrarea europeană a Republicii Moldova, deși în 2001 obținuse mandatul cetățenilor pentru integrarea în Uniunea Rusia-Belarus. Despre adevărata influență externăProblema influenței externe în Republicii Moldova a devenit o obsesie și temă de campanie a BECS.

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☆ Hu Jintao Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2012-12-20 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

1982-1985 - Works for the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, eventually becoming its leader. 1992-1997 - Member of the 14th CPC Central Committee, the Politburo and the Standing Committee. 1993-2002 - President CPC, Central Committee’s Central Party School. 1997-2002 - Member of the 15th CPC Central Committee, the Politburo, the Standing Committee and later the Secretariat. 2002 - Becomes a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, the Politburo and the Standing Committee.

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