Wen Jiabao (simplified Chinese: 温家宝; traditional Chinese: 溫家寶; pinyin: Wēn Jiābǎo; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao) (born 15 September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, leading the country's cabinet. He also serves as a member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. Since taking office in 2003, Wen, ranked third in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy, has been a key part of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China. Read more at Wikipedia


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Why Does China Bully India?

...that the whole of Arunachal Pradesh is a part of "South Tibet". In terms of the "Guiding Principles" that prime ministers Wen Jiabao and Dr Manmohan Singh concluded in 2005, it was agreed that in resolving differences over the border issue, the Sino-Indian...

Premier Li Keqiang's maiden foreign visit set to bolster Sino-India ties

...relationship going, moving forward. Li Keqiang is clearly signalling his intent to continue with the legacy of Hu (Jintao) Wen (Jiabao) era in terms of taking this relationship with India to more progressive kind of levels," said Alka Acharya, a leading Sino-India...

Times Site Is Attacked by Hackers

...who found passwords for reporters and other employees. The attacks took place as The Times investigated the relatives of Wen Jiabao, China’s prime minister, and how they had built up a multibillion-dollar fortune during his political tenure. David Barboza,...

Editorial: Our Arctic rights

...diplomatic relations 62 years ago. (Might this be why Denmark so willingly urged observer status for China?) Prime Minister Wen Jiabao also paid unprecedented visits to Iceland and Sweden in 2012. Beyond this China has set up an Arctic research station in...

Wish fulfilment

...Road residence on the day he arrives in India. Diplomats who had been instrumental in organising previous Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit in 2010 have cited a precedence of such a dinner in the past. Singh has hosted such private dinners for selected heads...

PM to host Li at private dinner to boost ties

...opportunity for the two leaders to establish “a good working relationship and personal friendship.” Singh and Li’s predecessor, Wen Jiabao, had a good chemistry and met 14 times since 2004 till 2012. New Delhi’s first high-level contact with the new leadership...

Israel justice minister slams Russia arms to Syria

...deadly assault. China blocks access to The New York Times website after a lengthy expose claiming the family of Premier Wen Jiabao has amassed assets worth $2.7 billion through a web of investments. Wall Street Journal proprietor Rupert Murdoch says that Chinese...

No expectations from Li, says Tibetan who twice 'breached the wall'

...Mumbai hotel in 2002 to greet then Chinese premier Zhu Rongji with a "Free Tibet" banner. He again did so when Zhu's successor Wen Jiabao visited Bangalore in April 2005. Would there be a repeat during the Li visit? Tsundue, known for his trademark red headband,...

27 years later, Li Keqiang returns to India as Chinese premier

...in Beijing May 10 Photographs: China Daily/Reuters Fifty-seven-year-old Li, an English-speaking bureaucrat, who took over from Wen Jiabao, was elected by about 3,000 deputies of the National People's Congress, known as the rubber stamp Parliament for routinely...

China president takes charge of sweeping economic reform plans - sources

...once-in-a-decade leadership transition. Some critics said the previous administration of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao had delayed economic reforms and failed to deal with the fallout from China's 4 trillion yuan stimulus package in 2008. The...

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