Word: qinghong
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...body?with so many of his cronies that it appears the Party's ballyhooed transition to a younger generation of leaders has effectively been thwarted. Jiang even engineered an expansion of the Standing Committee from seven to nine members, presumably so he could get his right-hand man, Zeng Qinghong, and unpopular but loyal apparatchiks Jia Qinglin and Huang Ju into his postretirement support network...
...impulse to address this is seen in the recent arrest of some of China's wealthiest citizens and those accused of being their official patrons. The political system desperately needs reform. And China's leadership will take time to gel?even though now, with his key prot?g? Zeng Qinghong apparently ready to accede to the Politburo's Standing Committee, Jiang appears increasingly likely to step down as planned, safe in the knowledge that his influence will remain secure with Zeng around. As Jiang cryptically put it before leaving for the U.S.: "It's just too chilly to remain at this...
...Chinese Communist Party Congress all goes to plan, President Jiang Zemin steps aside for current No. 2 Hu Jintao but installs his protégé Zeng Qinghong as vice president...