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A huge screen shows a broadcast of Chinese President Hu Jintao speaking at the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Nov. 8, 2012.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers his address at the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 8 2012
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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao arrive for a bilateral meeting in Seoul on March 26, 2012.
China's President Hu Jintao (L) and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong walk past a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, October 11, 2011. (Photo: China Daily / Reuters)
China's President Hu Jintao (L) and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong walk past a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, October 11, 2011. (Photo: China Daily / Reuters)
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Ling Jihua, a loyal aide and confidante to President Hu Jintao, left, looks on as Chinese President Hu Jintao, bottom right, signs a document after attending the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 14, 2010
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Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 5, 2012
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Chinese President Hu Jintao
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Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
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Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend a summit on nuclear security in the United States this month, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday, April 1, 2010
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, chats with Vice President Xi Jinping on March 13, 2009 as they leave the Great Hall of the People after the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress in Beijing
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Chinese President Hu Jintao
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 15, 2008
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Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses foreign leaders and international dignitaries who attended the Olympics' closing ceremony
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Hu Jintao, center, visits a nomadic family on a tour of Inner Mongolia
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Hu Jintao (left) will take the reins from outgoing president Jiang Zemin
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China's President, Hu Jintao, and U.S. President Barack Obama stand together during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 19, 2011
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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao walk on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington
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Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao and his wife Liu Yongqing greet US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at the Great Hall of People on August 8 in Beijing
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President Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing.
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President Obama speaks with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh on Sept. 25
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President Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao
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President of China Hu Jintao, left, and Russia's President, Dmitry Medvedev, review the honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao greets the media at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct. 22, 2007
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Chinese president Hu Jintao swears in Hong Kong’s chief executive Donals Tsang and cabinet to new five-year term during the inaugural ceremony in Hong Kong on July 1, 2007.
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WELCOME: Liberians await Hu Jintao's visit in 2007
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Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during the arrival ceremony at the White House on Thursday
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"HAPPY HOST:" President Hu Jintao, center, stands tall during the Olympics' closing ceremony
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China's Hu Jintao and Chile's President Ricardo Lagos
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CENTRE STAGE: Chinese President Hu Jintao on a 2006 tour of Africa
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FACE TIME: Kim Jong Il and Hu Jintao toast during a Beijing banquet in January
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President Barack Obama looks on as China's President Hu Jintao speaks during a meeting with business leaders in Washington on Jan. 19, 2011
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US President Barack Obama, right and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Xi Jinping, foreground, the likely successor to Chinese President Hu Jintao, delivers remarks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2008
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US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 19, 2011.
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President Barack Obama, left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Sept. 25, 2009
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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao review troopsat a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China.
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President Obama, right, meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Winfield House, the U.S. ambassador's residence in London
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Students wave Macau and Chinese flag as China's President Hu Jintao arrived at the Macau airport Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
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U.S. President Barack Obama stands at attention with China's President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 17, 2009
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U.S. President Barack Obama reaches out to shake hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at Winfield House, the U.S. ambassador's residence in London, on April 1
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Two Chinese paramilitary officers stand in front of a portrait of Chinese President Hu Jintao at a promotion exhibition for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo at the Capital Museum in Beijing on July 12, 2009
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, toast at the end of an agreement signing ceremony in Beijing , China, Oct.15, 2008
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari (R) gestures with Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) during a review of the honour guard at a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 15, 2008.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, is greeted by Chinese President Hu Jintao
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U.S. President George W. Bush and China's President Hu Jintao after their meeting in Beijing on November 20, 2005.
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) shake hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda, left, needs to win friends. The Tokyo visit will be a first for China's President Hu Jintao
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From left: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao
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Chinese Olympic hurdler and gold medalist Liu Xiang raises the Olympic torch as President Hu Jintao looks on during the welcome ceremony for the Olympic flame.
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