Editing Hu Jintao (section)

==Early life, education, and family==
{{stack|[[File:Old buildings in Jiāngyàn.jpg|thumb|Hu's birthplace, [[Jiangyan]], [[Jiangsu]]]]}}
Hu Jintao was born on 21 December 1942<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/video/2015-12/21/c_128552046.htm |title=Lìshǐ shàng de jīntiān – Guójiā zhǔxí Hú Jǐntāo chūshēng |script-title=zh:[历史上的今天]国家主席胡锦涛出生 |trans-title=Today in History – President Hu Jintao Was Born |language=zh |publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |script-quote=zh:1942年12月21日，中华人民共和国国家主席胡锦涛出生。 |trans-quote=On 21 December 1942, President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China was born. |date=21 December 2015|access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130013804/http://www.xinhuanet.com/video/2015-12/21/c_128552046.htm|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Taizhou, Jiangsu|Tai County]], [[Jiangsu]] province, which was under [[Wang Jingwei regime|Japanese occupation]] at the time. He is a direct descendant of the [[Ming dynasty]] general [[Hu Zongxian]], known for fighting [[Wokou|Japanese pirates]].<ref>Liu, Melinda. (6 May 2002). [http://www.newsweek.com/man-jiangs-shadow-145603 "The Man in Jiang's Shadow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422234007/https://www.newsweek.com/man-jiangs-shadow-145603 |date=22 April 2021 }}. ''[[Newsweek]]''.</ref> His branch of the family migrated from [[Jixi County]], [[Anhui]] to Taizhou during his grandfather's generation. Though his father owned a small tea trading business in Taizhou, the family was relatively poor. His mother was a teacher and died when he was 7, and he was raised by an aunt. Hu's father was denounced during the [[Cultural Revolution]], an event that (together with his relatively humble origins) apparently had a deep effect upon Hu, who diligently tried to clear his father's name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Havely |first=Joe |title=Getting to know Hu |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=19 October 2007 |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2007/10/2008525172536374792.html |access-date=7 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116185351/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2007/10/2008525172536374792.html |archive-date=16 November 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He joined the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) in April 1964. That year he graduated from [[Tsinghua University]] after studying hub [[hydropower]] stations at the Water Conservancy Engineering Department. He worked as a political counselor at Tsinghua.<ref name=":032">{{Cite book |last=Doyon |first=Jérôme |title=Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-472-90294-1 |pages= |doi=10.3998/mpub.12291596 |doi-access=free}}</ref>{{Rp|page=107}} In July 1965, Hu began work as an engineer.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/hujintao.shtml | title=Hu Jintao | access-date=16 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619113445/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/hujintao.shtml | archive-date=19 June 2010 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1968, during the [[Third Front (China)|Third Front]] construction,<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last1=Marquis |first1=Christopher |url= |title=Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise |last2=Qiao |first2=Kunyuan |date=2022 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=978-0-300-26883-6 |location=New Haven |doi=10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k |jstor=j.ctv3006z6k |oclc=1348572572 |author-link=Christopher Marquis |s2cid=253067190}}</ref>{{Rp|page=179}} Hu volunteered for his service in [[Gansu]] and worked on the construction of [[Liujiaxia Dam|Liujiaxia Hydroelectric Station]]<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Tourist Board|year=2003|pages=26&ndash;27|script-title=zh:"临夏旅游"|trans-title=Linxia Tourism}}. No ISBN <!--. 146 pages. No ISBN. Pages 26-27.--></ref> while also managing CCP affairs for the local branch of the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power. From 1969 to 1974, he worked for [[Sinohydro]] Engineering Bureau.<ref>Nathan & Gilley, p. 79</ref>

In 1970, Hu married [[Liu Yongqing]], whom he had met at [[Tsinghua University]] when they were studying there. They have two children together, [[Hu Haifeng]] and Hu Haiqing, their children-in-law named Julia Wong and Daniel Mao. Unlike [[Wen Jiabao]], the premier, he never granted a public one-on-one interview with the media.<ref>{{cite news| url =https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/15/china-leader-hu-jintao | title =China's leader Hu Jintao leads a country in ferment| last =Brown| first =Kerry| date =15 October 2010| newspaper =[[The Guardian]]| access-date =4 February 2017| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170205185621/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/15/china-leader-hu-jintao| archive-date =5 February 2017| url-status =live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url =https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1695388_1695753,00.html| title =Hu Jintao| last =Schell| first =Orville| date =19 December 2007| magazine =[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| access-date =4 February 2017| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170106044010/http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1695388_1695753,00.html| archive-date =6 January 2017| url-status =live}}</ref> He has been noted for his liking of [[table tennis]] and [[ballroom dancing]].<ref>{{cite news
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 |url =http://asianhistory.about.com/od/profilesofasianleaders/p/HuJinTaoProfile.htm
 |title =Hu Jintao
 |last =Szczepanski
 |first =Kallie
 |publisher =About
 |access-date =4 February 2017
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080723185006/http://asianhistory.about.com/od/profilesofasianleaders/p/HuJinTaoProfile.htm
 |archive-date =23 July 2008
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 }}</ref> Hu is also said to possess a [[photographic memory]] that became evident in his high school days.<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2404129.stm
 |title=Asia-Pacific &#124; Profile: Hu Jintao
 |work=BBC News
 |date=16 September 2004
|access-date=13 March 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106030531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2404129.stm
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 | last =Wo-Lap Lam
 | first =Willy
 | title =Chinese politics in the Hu Jintao era: new leaders, new challenges
 | publisher =M.E. Sharpe
 | date =2006
 | pages =5
 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=LFDxKEKvuSUC
 | isbn =978-0-7656-1773-6
 | access-date =21 May 2020
| archive-date =13 April 2023
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