BEIJING--Former President Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation ... in the wrangling that led to the rise of current President Xi Jinping, who took power in 2012. Xi has tightened political ...

Xi’s fear of weakness Xi has eliminated the traditional two-line leadership structure, where past leaders ruled alongside a strong premier (e.g., Jiang Zemin & Zhu Rongji). By not appointing a ...

He nurtured a new generation of leaders like Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao—the four predecessors of Xi Jinping—who were committed to collective leadership and economic ...

When an uncle, a Communist partisan, was killed in combat, Jiang’s father gave Jiang to the uncle’s family so they would have a male heir. Supported the suppression of the student-led pro ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed new ambassadors in different countries in accordance with a decision by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.