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Hu Jintao (simplified Chinese: 胡锦涛; traditional Chinese: 胡錦濤; pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo; born 21 December 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... Full Article

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  1. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) talks to European Council President Herman Van Rompuy during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the second day of a China-EU summit that has already seen... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

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  2. Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) looks on during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People the in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) looks on during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People the in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with...

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  3. Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd R) takes part in talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (3rd L) for the European Union (EU)-China summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd R) takes part in talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (3rd L) for the European Union (EU)-China summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU...

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  4. Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (2nd R) is being ushered into position by a Chinese official at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (2nd R) is being ushered into position by a Chinese official at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU...

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  5. Chinese President Hu Jintao, second from right, holds talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second from left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, third from left, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao, second from right, holds talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second from left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, third from left, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.

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  6. Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, participates in talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, not pictured, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, participates in talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, not pictured, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.

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  7. BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (3rd L) hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao (not pictured)at the Great Hall of the People, during the European Union (EU)-China summit on... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (3rd L) hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao (not pictured)at the Great Hall of the People, during the European Union (EU)-China summit on...

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  8. Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, poses for photos with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, poses for photos with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.

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  9. Chinese President Hu Jintao, second from left, shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, second from right, is ushered into position by a Chinese official at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao, second from left, shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, second from right, is ushered into position by a Chinese official at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China...

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  10. Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) gestures to European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (R) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on... Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) gestures to European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (R) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on...

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  11. Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, shakes hands with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center, while European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso looks on during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, shakes hands with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center, while European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso looks on during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.

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  13. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (C) looks at Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird (L) shaking hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 9, 2012. Canada -- heavily reliant on the United States to... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (C) looks at Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird (L) shaking hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 9, 2012. Canada -- heavily reliant on the United States to...

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  14. Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird (L) as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks on before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 9, 2012. China and Canada on Wednesday signed a series of deals to boost... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird (L) as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks on before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 9, 2012. China and Canada on Wednesday signed a series of deals to boost...

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  15. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, center left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, center right, talk during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, center left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, center right, talk during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

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  16. Chinese President Hu Jintao talks with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, not pictured, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

    Chinese President Hu Jintao talks with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, not pictured, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

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  17. This February 2, 2012 file photo shows US Vice President Joe Biden during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Biden asked China's likely next leader Xi Jinping for cooperation on 'practical issues' in the wake of Beijing's veto of a UN resolution... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

    This February 2, 2012 file photo shows US Vice President Joe Biden during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Biden asked China's likely next leader Xi Jinping for cooperation on 'practical issues' in the wake of Beijing's veto of a UN resolution...

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  18. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second from left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, third from left, participate in talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, not pictured, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday,... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second from left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, third from left, participate in talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, not pictured, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday,...

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  19. FILE - This Nov. 2, 2011 file photo shows French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, welcoming Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G20 summit in Cannes. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that he will seek a second term despite years of low popularity ratings, pledging to... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 days ago

    FILE - This Nov. 2, 2011 file photo shows French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, welcoming Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G20 summit in Cannes. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that he will seek a second term despite years of low popularity ratings, pledging to...

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  20. An anti-Syrian regime protester and supporter of the Islamic group Jamaa Islamiya, who are opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad, steps on Russian flags as he holds a poster depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic words reading:" children killer and devourer of Syrian... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    An anti-Syrian regime protester and supporter of the Islamic group Jamaa Islamiya, who are opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad, steps on Russian flags as he holds a poster depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic words reading:" children killer and devourer of Syrian...

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  21. CORRECTION IDENTITY AS HU German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) holds a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 3, 2012. The German leader is in China for a three-day trip aimed at reassuring Beijing about the situation in Europe. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    CORRECTION IDENTITY AS HU German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) holds a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 3, 2012. The German leader is in China for a three-day trip aimed at reassuring Beijing about the situation in Europe.

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  22. BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: Chinese President Hu Jintao shankes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Great Hall of the People on February 3, 2012 in Beijing, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from February 2 to 3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: Chinese President Hu Jintao shankes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Great Hall of the People on February 3, 2012 in Beijing, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from February 2 to 3.

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  23. BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens as Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People on February 3, 2012 in Beijing, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from February 2 to 3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

    BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens as Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People on February 3, 2012 in Beijing, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from February 2 to 3.

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  24. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L) talks with California Governor Jerry Brown (C) as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) talks with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg (2nd Top R) attend the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 day ago

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  25. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L), and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (C) meet with former NBA basketball player Magic Johnson at the Phoenix Suns, Lakers NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, California February 17, 2012. Vice President Xi, China's leader-in-waiting to... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 day ago

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  1. international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of westernising and dividing ChinaIdeological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration
    – Hu Jintao SOURCE: Inter Press Service 1 month ago
  2. Under the new situation, we should unswervingly develop the Sino-US cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit, in accordance with the important consensus reached by President Hu Jintao and President Obama
    SOURCE: China Daily 1 month ago
  3. The current trend of [a] widening rich-poor gap will be reversed
    – Hu Jintao SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 2 months ago
  4. If the hawks or hardliners play up the DPP’s success as a failure of Hu Jintao’s policy towards Taiwan, it could be very dangerous, especially with the transition of power coming up
    – Joseph Wu SOURCE: Globe and Mail 1 month ago
  5. Eradicating poverty, improving people's livelihoods, and prosperity for all is the fundamental requirement of socialism
    – Hu Jintao SOURCE: Shanghai Daily 2 months ago
  6. Kahapon po eh sumulat tayo kay President Hu Jintao at nag-aapela tayo na kung pwede ma-commute yung sintensya ng bibitayin nating kababayan [Yesterday, we wrote a letter to President Hu Jintao and we made an appeal to commute the sentence of our fellow Filipino on death penalty]
    SOURCE: Manila Bulletin 2 months ago
  7. The annual net income growth of farmers in poverty-stricken regions will be higher than the national average by 2020. Public services for them will also near the national level. The current trend of widening rich-poor gap will be reversed
    – Hu Jintao SOURCE: Shanghai Daily 2 months ago
  8. Last Wednesday Chinese President Hu Jintao officially announced to (French President) Nicolas Sarkozy that he was entrusting the giant pandas to the Beauval zoo for a conservation and research programme
    SOURCE: The Telegraph UK 2 months ago
  9. By 2020, our general target is to ensure the nation's impoverished will no longer need to worry about food and clothing. Their access to compulsory education, basic medical care, and housing will also be ensured
    – Hu Jintao SOURCE: Shanghai Daily 2 months ago
  10. If Tsai Ing-wen is elected, [Chinese President] Hu Jintao will likely think his past policies have failed. He'd face pressure from the hawks in the Chinese Communist Party. Then China's next leader Xi Jinping will think Taiwan is very hard to deal with, and will try a tougher approach
    SOURCE: BBC News 2 months ago
  11. Learning about history and cutting-edge theories, as well as putting them into practice, has always been a focus for the CPC's top leaders
    – Hu Jintao SOURCE: China Daily 2 months ago
  12. After that we had planned to seek out [Chinese premier] Wen Jiabao and [president] Hu Jintao to ask them if they had received our letters
    SOURCE: Radio Free Asia 2 months ago
  13. We are very proud to be the first, and thus far only, Sino-U.S. joint venture approved in the clean coal arena, which is one of the top areas targeted by the US-China Strategic Partnership Agreement signed by President Hu Jintao and President Obama in 2009
    SOURCE: MarketWire 2 months ago
  14. China will take time to assess what all this means. But for (President) Hu Jintao it's bringing unprecedented pressure on foreign policy
    SOURCE: Moneycontrol.com 2 months ago
  15. As one official put it, ‘No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.’
    SOURCE: The Saratogian 2 months ago