When Zhang Dejiang came to Hong Kong last month, 5,000 policemen were on standby because there were “potential risks of riots”. Also, work at a construction site in Wan Chai was stopped during ...

Zhang, 69, ranks third on the very powerful Standing Committee of the Communist Party’s Politburo, just below President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Zhang leads the party’s group on Hong ...

Zhang Dejiang was vice premier of China's State Council until he was suddenly diverted to replace disgraced party chief Bo Xilai as leader of Chongqing in March 2012. Born in Tai'an, Liaoning ...

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Zhang Dejiang was vice premier of China's State Council until he was suddenly diverted to replace disgraced party chief Bo Xilai as leader of Chongqing in March 2012. Born in Tai'an, Liaoning ...