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Hu Jintao re-elected China's president with 99.7 pct support
Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2008 China's parliament on Saturday almost unanimously re-elected Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to serve as president for five more years, according to a ballot made public. Hu received the support of 99.7 percent of the 2,965 votes cast by delegates to China's parliament. He was also re-elected head of the China's Central Military Commission with the same level of support. The overwhelming endorsement was not a surprise because China's parliament is regarded as a rubber-stamp body for the ruling Communist Party. His re-election was widely expected after he was re-confirmed as head of the party at its five-yearly Congress in October last year. The parliament also elected rising political star Xi Jinping, 54, as vice president in a result seen as putting him in line to succeed Hu in five years. Wu Bangguo, 66, was re-elected for another term as head of the parliament. Premier Wen Jiabao, 65, is expected to be named to another five-year term on Sunday. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links China News from SinoDaily.com
Rice defends dropping China from rights blacklist
Washington (AFP) March 12, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday defended withdrawing China from the State Department's list of top human rights violators, citing renewed dialogue with Beijing on rights issues. |
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