Hua Guofeng cremated
BEIJING, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Former Chinese Communist Party leader and Premier Hua Guofeng, who died Aug. 20 at age 87, was cremated Sunday at Beijing's Babaoshan cemetery.
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Topic: Jiang Zemin
CHINA'S LEADERS ATTEND 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY
Chinese President Hu Jintao (center), former President Jiang Zemin (2nd from right) and Vice President Wen Jiabo (right), along with China's top leaders attend the opening ceremony of the 17th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People(background) in Beijing October 15, 2007. The elite of China's Communist Party opened their five-yearly Congress, an event widely expected to see President Hu Jintao endorsed as the nation's leader for another five years.
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Chinese army official Shao dead at 69
BEIJING, July 3 (UPI) -- Shao Hua, who served as a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China, has died at the age of 69, state-run media said.
Walker's World: Bye-bye boomers
LONDON, May 5 (UPI) -- The victory of Boris Johnson in London's mayoral election represents the emergence of a new generation of politicians into the struggle for power. The baby boomers are starting the long, sad slide into senescence. The generation X-ers are on the march.
Feinstein to S.F.: Don't politicize torch
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is calling on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors not to use an Olympic torch visit to condemn Chinese rule of Tibet.
Walker's World: China in Tibet
WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- Tibet is no aberration; the world's worst human-rights offenders all find a friend in China.
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Analysis: China's crisis-handling problem
HONG KONG, March 7 (UPI) -- China is not prepared to handle a large-scale external crisis -- particularly in the Taiwan Strait -- it can be concluded after assessing the nation's hardware, including ammunition supplies and fuel reserves, as well as the quality of its military personnel.
Hu Jintao wins second term
BEIJING, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao Monday won a new mandate to lead the country for five more years from the newly elected Communist Party’s 17th Central Committee.
Defense Focus: Lebed's ghost -- Part 3
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Russia's flat refusal to sell China any of the "jewels" in its air and ground forces military arsenals, and China's continued efforts to buy them reveal important and almost totally overlooked insights about the complex and sometimes strained nature of the Russian-Chinese strategic relationship.
Walker's World: China's own crisis
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- These are difficult days for Chinese President Hu Jintao, as he faces a new Party Congress that was supposed to impose his stamp upon the regime and select the next generation of leaders by appointing his chosen successors to the new Politburo standing committee.
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