{"id":11860,"date":"2007-03-24T13:18:07","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/24\/rising-chinese-star-named-shanghai-party-secretary-after-scandal-ap\/"},"modified":"2007-03-24T13:18:07","modified_gmt":"2007-03-24T20:18:07","slug":"rising-chinese-star-named-shanghai-party-secretary-after-scandal-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/rising-chinese-star-named-shanghai-party-secretary-after-scandal-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Chinese star named Shanghai party secretary after scandal &#8211; AP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_photos_xi.jinping.303.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/_photos_xi.jinping.303.jpg','popup','width=100,height=131,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_photos_xi.jinping.303-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"76\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\" Photos Xi.Jinping.303\" \/><\/a> From International Herald Tribune:\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\nA rising Chinese political star and economic reformer has been named Communist Party boss of Shanghai, the party said Saturday, after his predecessor was ousted in a politically charged scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xi_Jinping\" target=\"_blank\">Xi Jinping<\/a>, currently party secretary for the booming province of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhejiang\" target=\"_blank\">Zhejiang<\/a>, south of Shanghai, was announced in a one-sentence statement by the party Central Committee that was carried by the official Xinhua News Agency. It did not say when Xi was appointed or give other details.<\/p>\n<p>Xi succeeds <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/tag\/Chen+Liangyu\" target=\"_blank\">Chen Liangyu<\/a>, who was fired in September after being accused of improperly allowing government social security funds to be used for real estate and other risky investments. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2007\/03\/24\/asia\/AS-GEN-China-Shanghai-Scandal.php\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From International Herald Tribune: A rising Chinese political star and economic reformer has been named Communist Party boss of Shanghai, the party said Saturday, after his predecessor was ousted in a politically charged scandal. 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