General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping presents China's Friendship Order to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on the occasion of the latter's official visit to China from October 30 to November 1, 2022. Photo: VNA…
Given the leadership styles of Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, who have been China’s supreme leaders over the past twelve years, it is an almost shocking experience to look back at these two videos (the first of which circulated last week on social media) of former President and Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin, who was thrust into office by Deng Xiaoping on June 24, just weeks