China - Chinese History, History of China, Strong Men of China

On continental China, he is called HU Jintao. Elected officially on November 15, 2002 with the 16th congress the boss of the Chinese Communist Party. As usual for 59 years, it has been the Single Party which decides at 100% the President of the Popular Republic, Mr. HU Jintao was elected without surprised March 15, 2003 President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the congress of the deputies at Beijing. To date Mr. HU Jintao thus took to 95% percent the power of Mr. JIANG Zemin, the former president of the Republic. There remains missing 5% which is the post of the President of the Militiare Commission, occupied always by Mr. JIANG Zemin, which keeps a very sharp and very bienvaillant eye on the behavior of the new official heir.

And at the province of the Island of Taiwan, the President of the Republic of China CHEN Shuibian carries a politic of disinvolvement with the continental China.

HU Jintao, the President of the People's Republic of China and the General Secrtary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (party in power), elected on the November 15, 2002 at Zhong Nanhai in the Purple Forbidden City at Pekin.	JIANG Zemin, the ex-President of the People's Republic of China at Zhong Nanhai in the Purple Forbidden City at Pekin.	The President CHEN Shuibian of the Republic of China (Province of Taiwan). The day of his election on April 2000.

China - Chinese History, History of China

Five thousand years passed since the first Chinese writing. China lived under 24 dynasties and about 400 emperors, imperatrices and kings, queens. They had the wisdom of Confucius, the force of the dynasty of Tang, the last two centuries chaos.

In the broad sense there are simultaneously two modern dynasties still at our time issued of the Chinese population: continental China (People's Republic of China) in communist mode which competes with Taiwan - China nationalist (Republic of China). The former for capital Peking (Beijing), and second Taipei (Taibei).

The President of the continent, i.e. the President of the People's Republic of China, Mr. HU Jintao, resulting from the Communist Party, represents the moderate and pragmatic current, he continues the policy of the market economy for the economic development of China, inaugurated and followed since 29 years by Mr. DENG Xiaoping and M. JIANG Zemin.

While the President of Taiwan, Republic of China, Mr. CHEN Shuibian which carried out the Party Democracy and Progress by beating the Guomindang party (Country and People Party, literally), on power since 1949 in Taiwan, preaches for the independence of the Island. Does he always talk much in the absolute void, but not realize any real contribution to his people, juste as his predecessor M. LI Denghui did ?

According to statistical studies, the Chinese have been mainly for a reunification of the two entities separated since 1949, i.e. 59 years.

Thanks successively to Presidents JIANG Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi) and JIANG Jingguo (his son), originating in the Province of Zhejiang on the Pacific coast in continental China, Taiwan created an economic miracle allowing it to be among the 4 small Asian dragons, the population of Taiwan profits from a life of already high level.

With the time and the separation on the two sides, the future and prosperity seem to lean towards the continental side, the province of Taiwan is in economic difficulty, it loses its influence as much in economy than in morality and popularity with time. In this term, the smallness of the photograph of President CHEN Shuibian is significant. Here is size of the photographs of the of the past (nonofficial point of view)...

Poverty endured in continental China and the continental people suffered from a very painful living condition economically during the time of President MAO Zedong. Mr. DENG Xiaoping opened China towards outside in the years 1980s, industries and the services develop in a miraculous way since then.

By 2001, China is the 6th (sixth) world economic power in Gross domestic product total (GDP), just after the United States, Japan, Germany, England and France, but right before Italy. But China remains a very poor country if one takes into account the total population. China has still much way to traverse before reaching an average standard of living as in Taiwan. The Chinese will continue to provide cheap products still for the decades.

Today, in spite of the still sudden problems and immense misfortunes suffered by the Chinese people in continent and the country, the life improves in China thanks to open emperors currently in place that we notice all carriers of glasses. Let us hope that it is the sign of the scholars and very large wisdom and intelligence...

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