He told Hu that he felt compelled to speak out now for the young employees of Alibaba (the average age of employees is 26).
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When he talks about Hu, a weary look crosses his face that suggests he has got more than he bargained for.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke led the way when he raised Mr. Hu's treatment with Chinese authorities not as a favor to Australia, but because the Obama administration recognized the implications of his case for governments and companies doing business with China irrespective of their nationality.
But most recently, he was Vice President under Hu and Chairman of the Chinese Military.
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The judges were impressed by the spectacular growth in the number of people using Min.us, the service he co-founded with Carl Hu, that lets people share files.
Mr Hu has given no indication that he is a closet liberal impatient to revive political reforms.
There is next to no chance of the cautious Mr Hu bringing in big reforms before he steps down.
"Without those promises, he would be grabbed and taken away as soon as he left the embassy, " Mr. Hu said.
Zhu "knows the trip won't be easy, but he is amazingly calm, " says Fred Hu, head of Asia Economic Research for Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.
"Zhu said he knows the trip won't be easy, but he is amazingly calm, " says Fred Hu, head of Asia economic research for Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and a former student of Zhu's at Qinghua.
Mr Hu wants to show the world that he is taking concerns about the climate seriously.
As he prepares for his big moment at the party congress, Mr Hu will not be at ease.
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Reflecting his own background as a diplomat in China, he has taken a low-key approach to resolving the affair of Mr Hu.
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In a city that scrutinises every move by China, a six-second handshake given by Mr Hu to Mr Tsang in December was seen as a sign that he was China's choice to be confirmed in the post.
He is conducting re-search at the Catholic Uni-versity of America on hu-man rights in Vietnam.
In Guizhou, Hu's performance as party chief was hardly outstanding, though to his credit he trekked through 86 municipalities and counties, often inspecting the poorest areas.
Mr Ma faces re-election in 2012 and Mr Hu is all but certain to step down as party leader late that year (he is also constitutionally obliged to give up the presidency in March 2013).
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