ring this festival, a tradition that Jiang Zemin had upheld vigorously throughout his tenureship as general secretary (Fewsmith 2).
Perhaps the main question that emerged from the 16th Congress concerns the relationship between Jintao as general secretary of the CCP and Zemin as head of the CMC. Or, in other words, whether the Party or the Military has more power in the new government that was created. In his public appearances, Hu Jintao has taken great care to pay respect to Jiang Zemin, for example citing the former secretary's words on plain living and hard struggle when he visited Xibaipo. Additionally, CCP policy initiatives since the transition have been typically cast in terms of implementing the spirit of the 16th Congress and the "three represents." On those exceedingly rare occasions that Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin have made public appearances on the same day, the CCP news outlet, the People's Daily, has run their pictures side by side and identically sized. The implication clearly being that the two are
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