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China denies its finance minister has died ! m( `# Y1 e& O' ~& t' | - u1 t$ ?$ K/ q T" fChina's government today took the rare step of denying that one of its most senior members had died. w) v3 b% u7 r, n9 B ' z0 I' n9 O! u: p5 MSources at the 301 military hospital in Beijing had indicated to The Times that Huang Ju, China’s vice premier in charge of economic reform, the sixth most powerful official on China's ruling Politburo Standing Committee, died this morning at the age of 69 after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. : x3 }6 d J3 D0 y
# J8 p( D3 q2 @' }% lThe reports were circulated by the Hong Kong media and reported by all major international news agencies. ( o4 p6 x, `! u2 T' m9 b; H, V( qTelevision stations which had been reporting the death were however forced to issue a hasty retraction after China’s State Council, or cabinet, dismissed the news. 9 M2 L+ R9 S1 c1 C F9 H0 S 1 B5 }# i. ?* S0 xThe State Council said: “It is our understanding that news regarding comrade Huang Ju’s death is totally unfounded.” 7 C1 u) i5 L4 ^, ]1 t5 w Y+ `
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Sources at the hospital voiced surprise at the denial. , a0 Z9 a) j% w; F% Q- a
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It is not disputed that Mr Huang has been undergoing treatment for cancer at the 301 hospital in western Beijing, where most Chinese top leaders undergo treatment and where paramount leader Deng Xiaoping died in February 1997 x4 \( a+ _, S) n l
0 P# v7 J S6 A, c9 N: Y* GThe death of the vice premier in charge of the economy, if confirmed, would open the way for President Hu Jintao to appoint an ally to fill his seat on the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee. 5 Y' R, C) V, ^$ A; C- X9 i4 s1 c5 V T* F3 n
Rumours have swirled for months that Mr Huang was seriously ill, but his failure to appear at the funeral of Bo Yibo, last surviving leader of the Mao Tse-tung generation of leaders, in January, was the clearest sign that Mr Huang was having difficulty carrying out his official functions. He appeared briefly at the annual session of the National People’s Congress, or parliament, in March when he voiced his support for President Hu. He did not attend the closing session. / }$ e X/ e3 j! {: \+ H
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The engineering graduate of Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University has spent most of his career in Shanghai, where he was a protégé and close ally of the former president and Communist Party leader, Jiang Zemin. His close ties to Mr Jiang have given him a reputation as a member of Mr Jiang’s “Shanghai clique” in the top echelons of the party. President Hu has been gradually trying to build his own powerbase since he came to power in 2002 by replacing Mr Jiang’s men. . t1 I' S2 r1 O8 Y2 A( l& p1 V/ B4 p2 B; W0 Z" B
The death of Mr Huang would provide the president with an important opportunity to move one of his own loyalists onto the Politburo Standing Committee – a group of nine men who wield ultimate power in China. Mr Huang became a standing committee member in 2002 and is one of four vice premiers of China.
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China Government: Report On Vice PM Huang Ju Death "Groundless" / [" o! ]8 d- a/ F; C& E5 J " n% D; z/ _: B0 H. s% j2 N3 ^0 c/ C* t: a; W
BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China's State Council said late Wednesday a media report that Vice Premier Huang Ju has died is "groundless."2 n! S! n! j3 Y/ U( ?% t W* b
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"Based on our understanding, the information that Comrade Huang Ju has died is groundless," an official from the State Council Information Office told Dow Jones Newswires, quoting from a State Council statement. 9 Y; I2 H6 v$ B) M" I; B2 s , m* X" w0 }' b; s) t, W) _The statement was in response to a report on the Web site of U.K.-based The Times that reported Huang died in a Beijing hospital Wednesday morning.5 |4 ^* k% i4 X6 n" U, N" ~4 D+ n7 Z
* G9 V/ I5 u8 c: \! JLast year, a government spokesman confirmed Huang had been unwell and was undergoing treatment in a hospital, following media reports at the time the senior leader had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-5-9 17:15
外电报导黄菊病逝 / M. t( a6 M" D! `7 ^1 `8 w! L7 Q2 W4 u# Z0 E7 z# T$ {. e
英国《泰晤士报》网站报道，中共政治局常委，国务院副总理黄菊周三凌晨在北京病逝。中国外交部对本台表示，没有有这方面的消息；而国务院则否认有关报道。分析人士认为，黄菊去世有利于中共总书记胡锦涛的权力布局。! U- G' ~% `3 V. s S5 y z" S( N
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