Xi Jinping elected Chinese presidentMarch 14, 2013 - 09:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping was elected Chinese president Thursday, March 14 morning at the session of the 12th National People's Congress, according to RIA Novosti. Xi, who replaced Hu Jintao in this post, was also elected the chairman of the Central Military Commission of China. The son of a senior Communist Party member and revolutionary hero, who was later purged from the party, Xi studied chemical engineering at the prestigious Tsinghua University. After graduating, he rose through the ranks. He also has some military experience: he served as secretary to vice premier and Central Military Commission secretary-general, Geng Biao, his father’s former subordinate. Xi, 59, is married to celebrity Peng Liyuan, a famous Chinese People’s Liberation Army singer. U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks in 2010 described Xi as “a fan of Hollywood World War II movies,” and quoted him as saying that Chinese moviemakers neglect “values they should promote.” Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |