Transcript: Analysis: Jiang Zemin steps down as head of China's military, leaving Hu Jintao in control

JENNIFER LUDDEN
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
09-19-2004
Analysis: Jiang Zemin steps down as head of China's military, leaving Hu Jintao in control

Host: JENNIFER LUDDEN
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

JENNIFER LUDDEN, host:

China's former President Jiang Zemin handed over his position as head of China's military today. This step completes the transition to a younger generation of Chinese leaders. Over the last two years Jiang had passed the position of president and head of the Communist Party to heir-apparent Hu Jintao. But as Chairman Mao once said, `Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun in China,' and Jiang's role as head of the military had continued to give him substantial power ...

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