Huang Ju

Huang Ju (黄菊, py: Hu?ng J?) (born September 1939) is a Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China. He is ranked 6th out of 9 in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China. With very close relations with his patron Jiang Zemin, he is considered a member of the "Shanghai clique".

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Born in Jiashan, Zhejiang Province, Huang graduated in electrical engineering from Qinghua University.

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Huang became mayor of Shanghai in 1991 and then city's Party chief in 1994, which he served until October 2002.

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He was criticized by political rivals in February 1995, when his daughter, Huang Fan (黄凡), married Fang Yiwei (方以伟), the son of Fang Dachuan (方大川), a pro-Taiwan newspaperman in San Francisco.

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Huang is widely regarded as being unremarkable as a leader and lacking an impressive track record, owing his rise to power to Jiang Zemin.

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See also: Politics of China

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Mountain Landscape after Huang Gongwang 1671

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