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Hu Jintao is the former president of the People’s Republic of China. Now he is the paramount leader of the people’s republic of China. Moreover, he holds the positions like general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the Central Military Commission etc. He was born in Jixi, Anhui Province as a member of poor family. He was a very talented student in school and also partcipated in activities like singing and dancing. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1964. He graduated with a degree in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University. He worked as an engineer for Sinohydro Engineering for 4 years. Afterwards he became a noticeable leader in the Communist Youth League. Most of his careers were spent in western China, overseeing Gansu, Guizhou and Tibet. In 1985, he was appointed party secretary for Guizhou province, where he helped implement educational and economic reforms. In 1992, he was appointed a member of the Secretariat of the CCP Central Committee, and in 1998, he was elected vice president of China. Hu succeeded President Jiang Zemin as general secretary of the CCP in 2002 and was elected president the following year. In the term of his presidency, his foreign policy is seen as fewer alternative dispute resolutions than that of his predecessor, though China’s global influence has increased. He is married to Liu Yongqing and have two children.

Ted Turner is an American media proprietor, philanthropist and founder of the cable television network CNN. He also founded WTBS, which pioneered the super station concept in cable television. He was born in Cincinnati Ohio as the son of Florence and Robert Edward Turner II, a billboard magnate. He graduated from the military-oriented McCallie School in Chattanooga Tennessee. He was not normal boy in the school, and he got nickname “Terrible Ted”. In 24 years, he suffered the loss of his dad when his father shot himself due to the fall of his billboard business. After that he decided to run the business himself and slowly rebuild his father’s legacy. He became president and chief executive of Turner Advertising Company and turned it firm into a global enterprise. In 1975, when FCC allowed Turner’s WTCG-TV-Channel 17 in Atlanta to use a satellite to broadcast old movies, situation comedy reruns, cartoons, and sport nationwide to cable-TV subscribers, then WTCG (now WTBS) was reaching two million subscribers and Turner was worth $100 million. In 1980, he started CNN, a 24-hour news channel and the first national cable network. It worked very well and it was the only news source that carried the press conference live. However, he started  other TV stations like TNT, Tim Warner etc. He is also active in environmental groups and has received many civic and industry honors. He was selected as the Man of the Year in 1991 and received the Governor’s Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also member of the board of several organizations including the national cable television association, the Martin Luther King center for nonviolent social change and the greater yellow stone coalition. He is also an accomplished yachtsman, and he has made many donations to charitable organizations. He is successful not only in the television and cable industry, but also he owns various ranches within the U.S. making him the largest single landowner in America. Turner now dedicates his time and resources to making the world a better, safer place for future generations.