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ASHGABAT, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao's three-nation tour to Central Asia has strategic significance for
regional peace and stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Friday.
The president has engaged in...
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Hua Guofeng, a former leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was cremated at Beijing's Babaoshan cemetery on Sunday.
President and Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee General Secretary Hu...
Background
Hu Jintao (simplified Chinese: 胡锦涛; traditional Chinese: 胡錦濤; pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo; born December 21, 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin in the fourth generation leadership of the People's Republic of China. Since his ascendancy Hu has reinstated certain controls on the economy[citation needed] and has been largely conservative with political reforms[citation needed]. His foreign policy is seen as less conciliatory[citation needed] than that of his predecessor, though China's global influence has increased while he has been in office.
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