Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, sits with former Chinese President Hu Jintao at left and Jiang Zemin at right after delivering his speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th ...
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Tibetan exiles and members of Tibet support group participate in a rally to mark Tibet Solidarity Day in New Delhi.
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From left, China's former President Hu Jintao, newly appointed President Xi Jinping, newly appointed Premier Li Kiqiang and former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive to the closing ...
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Newly-named Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, poses with outgoing President Hu Jintao at a plenary session of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and former Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrive for the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, center on the stage, addresses the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China . China'...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, administers the oath to Hong Kong's new Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, left, for a five-year term in office at the Hong Kong Convention and Ex...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao waves to reporters during a visit to the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Building in Hong Kong. A Hong Kong reporter has briefly thrown Chinese President Hu Jin...
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BRICS' heads of state, from left, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, China's President Hu Jintao and South Africa'...
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, center, is shown the way by his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao after they inspect a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Ha...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. S...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Leaders of states, from left to right, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao attend the plenary session of BRICS 2012 Sum...
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Tibetan exiles shout slogans after hanging a banner on a footbridge within a few kilometers from the venue where Chinese President Hu Jintao is attending a summit, in New Delhi. Hu...
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From left to right, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South African President Jac...
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From left to right, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South African President Jac...
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From left to right, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South African President Jac...
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Police arrest a Tibetan exile during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit, in New Delhi,
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, second right, meets with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, second left, in New Delhi. Hu and Medvedev visited New Delhi for a summit of BRICS co...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, accompanied by his wife Liu Yongqing, waves on his arrival at AFS Palam in New Delhi to attend the fourth BRICS Summit.
Hu Jintao is keen to have the proceedings against Bo Xilai, the party boss of the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing, completed before handing over as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China
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