United Front Minister Ling Jihua, the former top aide to outgoing President Hu Jintao, was named one of 10 executive chairmen of the top political advisory body's new presidium, suggesting he...
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Ling Jihua
Ling Jihua, former chief of the General Office and President Hu Jintao's personal secretary, rose from a tiny village in rural Shanxi province to a key place in the influential Communist Youth League by his early 20s. The fourth son of a revolutionary father, he showed a flare for executing any task exactly as expected. A position in the propaganda department of the youth league's central committee under the leadership of an up-and-coming Hu Jintao cemented his political path.
16 Nov 2012
Ling Jihua, until recently the chief of staff of President Hu Jintao , has become the only former director of the Communist Party Central Committee's general office not to be elected a Politburo...
15 Nov 2012
The former chief of staff of outgoing President Hu Jintao managed to secure a seat on the Communist Party's Central Committee yesterday despite the scandal over the cover-up of his son's death at...
14 Nov 2012
The chairman of China's biggest oil and gas producer has been questioned by the Communist Party's top discipline watchdog in relation to the Ferrari crash in Beijing earlier this year that claimed...
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13 Nov 2012
The ruling Communist Party is set to make the election of its elite Central Committee more competitive, which may cast further doubt over the political futures of several controversial candidates...
In a procedural move that nonetheless shores up his rise within the party hierarchy, Li Zhanshu has been appointed to oversee the departments under the Communist Party's Central Committee.
One of the women is said to have died under suspect circumstances last month, despite showing signs of recovery.
Vice-President Xi Jinping re-emerged onto the public stage in Beijing yesterday after a two-week absence that fuelled rumours he was ill. Xi, the nation's presumed next leader, arrived at China...
Now it’s emerged after being kept quiet for several months that it was Ling Gu, the son of a loyal aide to President Hu Jintao, was the one killed in Ferrari accident in Beijing back in March.
A scandal over the death of a playboy son in a wrecked black Ferrari is threatening to scupper the career of the president's ally, Ling Jihua, ahead of the 18th party congress.
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