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Wen Jiabao is a retired Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 2003 to 2013 and the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012.
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politics · Premier of China from 2003 to 2013 · politician · geologist · economist · engineer · also Wen Jiabao, Jiabao Wen, Jiabao
Born 15 September 1942 · Q16628
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“This is your first trip to China and this is the first meeting between the Chinese Premier and the Canadian Prime Minister in almost five years. Five years is too long a time for China Canada relations.”
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South China Morning Post: From breast milk to menstrual blood, how artist Jiabao Li challenges norms
China Digital Times: Wen Jiabao Essay Censored as Xi Meets Adoring Tsinghua Crowd
Chinese authorities censored a tribute that Wen had written for his mother in the small paper Macau Herald
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The New Yorker: The Fallout From Wen Jiabao’s Family Fortune
The Diplomat: Wen Jiabao’s Reform Moment?
Wen was ranked 14th in Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People
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Released 19 January by Eurasia Group, a global political risk research and consulting firm
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An event reported on Xinhua and other state networks
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Wen was named one of ten people and the only non-American in a list compiled by ABC of people who shaped the U
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Wen made the following statement: "I have summed up my political ideals into the following four sentences
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A bold move that significantly changed the rural economic model
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With a group of coal miners in a Shanxi coal mine
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Career landmark: Premier of the People's Republic of China (2003–2013).
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A sign that the premiership can create enemies, even in the mere formalities of China's electoral system
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Career landmark: member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2002–2012).
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Wen was promoted to the post of Vice Premier under his mentor Zhu Rongji
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Career landmark: Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (1998–2003).
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Career landmark: member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1997–2012).
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Career landmark: Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party (1986–1993).
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And joined the ranks of the Central Committee and Politburo
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Was promoted to the Politburo by CCP General Secretary Hu Yaobang
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Born 1942-09-15.
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