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Hu Jintao is the President of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China. Hu Jintao has generally taken a more conservative and restrictive position, policy wise, than his predecessor, Jiang Zemin. Though he had been working as a governor in various provinces for several years prior, Hu made a name for himself politically with his performance as Party Chief of the Tibet Autonomous Region. While he did introduce some liberalization of rules governing cultural practices in the region, he was also responsible for the 1988 political crackdown and some foreign media have implicated him in the sudden 1989 death of the Panchen Lama. As President of China, Hu has tried to balance the driving direction of the country from "GDP first and welfare second," to a more moderate, gradual, approach to development.
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- Born: December 21, 1942
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China: Assumed office November 15, 2002
- President of the People's Republic of China: Assumed office March 15, 2003
- Chairman of the Central Military Commission: Assumed office September 19, 2004
- Preceded by Jiang Zamin
- Married to Liu Yongqing
- Graduate of Tsinghua University
- Trained as an engineer
- Former Party Chief of the Tibet Autonomous Region
- Still officially recognized by the Communist Party of China as a delegate from Tibet
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Christian Science Monitor: China's Hu: Well Liked, Little Known
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NPR: China's President Hu Jintao to Talk Business in U.S.
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YouTube Video: Hu Jintao welcomes World Leaders ahead of Beijing Olympics (Time: 3:20)
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United States President Barack Obama will be housed at the Shangri-La, while Chinese President Hu Jintao will be staying at the St Regis.
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RT @CDTimes Chinese Twitterers: “Mr. Hu Jintao, Tear Down the Great Firewall!” http://bit.ly/QL3xc #gfw
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"Hillary Clinton to visit Marikina". So? No big deal. Hu Jintao should come and set-up bases here instead.
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@JP_O Mmmmh, Pinochet ? Hu Jintao ;-) ? Sans rentrer dans ce petit jeu ns ne ns entendons sans doute pas sur la notion de 'libéral'
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Chinese president to visit Malaysia Tuesday: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Malaysia Tuesday, the first.. http://bit.ly/3VXXil
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Hu Jintao (Modern World Leaders) - $30.00
When Hu Jintao became president of China in 2003, very little was known about this enigmatic man. The son of a man who fell victim to China's tumultuous Cultural Revolution, Jintao began his Communist Party career in some of China's poorest...
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Charlie Rose with Elizabeth Economy, Michael Green, Andrew Nathan & Andrea Koppel; Joseph Perella & Maria Bartiromo (April 20, 2006) - $24.95
Guest host Andrea Koppel leads a discussion about Chinese president Hu Jintao's visit to the United States and the state of U.S. - China relations with guests Elizabeth Economy of the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Green of the Cente...
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China since Tiananmen: From Deng Xiaoping to Hu Jintao (Cambridge Modern China Series) - $24.99
In a new edition of his path-breaking analysis of political and social change in China since the crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989, Joseph Fewsmith traces developments since 2001. These include the continuing reforms during the final ye...
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Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges (East Gate Books) - $89.95
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with top Chinese officials, parliamentarians, scholars, and businessmen, Willy Lam, a renowned journalist and writer on Chinese affairs, presents a first-hand, multi-dimensional account of twenty-first cent...
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SARS Crisis
- Embassy of the PRC: Hu Jintao: SARS Prevention, Economic Progress Both Key (May 15, 2003)
- In the National Interest: SARS and the Leadership Struggle in China (May 7, 2003)
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- Possible Next Patient: The Chinese Leadership (April 25, 2003)
- China Discovers Secrecy Is Expensive (April 13, 2003)
- Rude Awakening (May 13, 2003)
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Hu Jintao Timeline
- 1942: December 21, Hu Jintao is born in Jiangsu province
- 1964: As a student in Tsinghua University, Hu Jintao joins the Communist Part of China
- 1964: Around this time, Hu Jintao marries Liu Yongqing
- 1974: While working as an engineer, Hu Jintao meets Song Ping who introduces him to politics
- 1981: Hu Jintao attends the Central Party School
- 1984: Hu Jintao is promoted to First Secretary of the Youth League Central Committee
- 1985: Hu Jintao is appointed governor of Guizhou
- 1988: Hu Jintao is appointed Party Chief of the Tibet Autonomous Region
- 1992: At the 14th National Congress, Hu Jintao is named a member of the Politburo Standing Comittee
- 1993: Hu Jintao takes over as leader of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Comittee
- 1998: Hu Jintao is named Vice President of China
- 2002: Hu Jintao becomes the Party General Secretary, Jiang Zemin refuses to hand over the presidency
- 2003: Hu Jintao is forced to address the SARS Crisis
- 2004: Jiang Zemin gives up his last position in the CPC, finally handing control over to Hu Jintao
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Hu Jintao Satire and Humor
- CoxAndForkum: "China Syndrome" (2006)
- China Nouvelle: Hu Jintao Charicature
- Guardian: Hu Jintao and George W. Bush Cartoon
- Friends of Tibet: Hu Jintao and the Dali Lama
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