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...On the way out, Hu touched the shoulder of Li Keqiang, China’s premier, a former protégé, but the premier offered him only the merest of acknowledgments....
...“Currently, our suppliers mainly do final assembly in India, but we are actively thinking of requesting more component-level production in the country as the next stage of our strategy,” Hu said....
...But Hu said the speech gave little in the way of “new clues on how to achieve the target”....
...Li had also been tipped as a strong candidate to succeed outgoing president Hu Jintao before Xi came to power....
...“Headwinds remain on several fronts,” said Melinda Hu, a China retail analyst at Bernstein....
...Li could only sit in silence as the drama, extremely rare for the carefully staged event, unfolded. The reasons for Hu’s removal have never been explained....
...Some of the blame for this lay with the relative passivity of the Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao era....
...The move helped it ensure quality while repairing its image with investors, said Hu....
...Raimondo also met China’s economic policy chief, He Lifeng, and culture and tourism minister Hu Heping on Tuesday, while on Monday she met commerce minister Wang Wentao....
...Seen as a pro-market reformer who was supported by former president Hu Jintao, Li was once believed to be a contender for the presidency but the party chose Xi, who took it in a more austere direction....
...Then at university she met two “local, great” artists: Geng Jianyi and Zhang Peili, who fanned her growing love of art....
...But in the long run, few expect Li to be able to resurrect the strong reformist premierships of the past, such as those of Wen Jiabao under Xi’s predecessor Hu Jintao, or Zhu Rongji under the late president...
...“Our clients in the US reported a mounting stockpile of unsold goods, as they have experienced a slump in sales since last June,” said Hu Juncheng, Dongshen Garment’s general manager....
...Additional reporting by Gloria Li in Hong Kong and Edward White in Hong Kong...
...Additional reporting by Gloria Li in Hong Kong...
...The next month he went to Beijing and met then-premier Li Keqiang, the two men exchanging warm words....
...As he was led away, Hu exchanged words with Xi and Premier Li Keqiang....
...Li, a protégé of Hu who has been largely sidelined by Xi over the past decade, was originally a contender to succeed Hu as party leader and president in 2012....
...But the hero in Chinese propaganda shows like this one, they cannot work alone,” said the University of Vienna’s Li....
...However, the carefully choreographed event was initially disrupted by the abrupt departure of Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao, from the stage. Hu, 79, was escorted off the rostrum by two officials....
...He has already uprooted the previously powerful networks aligned with predecessors Hu Jintao and the late Jiang Zemin....
...After two-and-a-half years of China’s zero-Covid policy, Hu Mendong had had enough....
...In 2002, Hu Jintao succeeded Jiang Zemin as party general secretary. In 2012, Hu made way for Xi....
...What you are now reading should have been an interview with Li Ruijun....
...Hu rushed to Missfresh’s Beijing office last week after hearing of the cash shortage. “They are not paying me, so I’m taking my computer,” Hu told the FT on entering the office....
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