Communist China installs new generation of leaders

Saturday, November 16, 2002

BEIJING -- Jiang Zemin relinquished his title as Communist Party leader Friday but held on to significant power -- including authority over China's military -- even as he ceded the party's top jobs to the enigmatic Hu Jintao and a younger generation of leaders.

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