Xi is considered to be a protégé of former Chinese leaders President Jiang Zemin and Vice President Zeng Qinghong. Xi's father, Xi Zhongxun, was a top Communist who was imprisoned during the ...

November 2002 – Retires as general secretary of the Chinese Communist party. March 2003 – Limited to two five-year terms in office, Jiang steps down and Vice President Hu Jintao becomes ...

While Jiang Zemin gave the impression of being a grim politician in public, behind the scenes, he showed a more friendly side in meeting with reporters. The former Chinese president died on Nov ...

No Chinese leader had set foot in Hong Kong for more than a century until then-president Jiang Zemin landed on the eve of the city’s historic return to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, with a ...

BEIJING--Former President Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation ... as a representative of a new breed of outward-looking Chinese leaders. A tough political fighter, Jiang defied predictions ...

From June 1989 to November 2002, Jiang Zemin served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as China’s president from 1993 to 2003 MOSCOW, December 6. /TASS/. Former ...

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President Jiang Zemin held talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central ...