Shanghai's popular mayor Xu Kuangdi delivers a speech beside Chinese
characters reading "Shanghai" in this photograph taken on November 2,
2001 in Pudong district. Xu has resigned from his post to become the
Communist party secretary to the Chinese Academy of Engineering, city
officials said on Friday. The trasfer of Xu from one of the most
influential and high-profile posts in the country was a surprise to
diplomats, as was his move to a Beijing-based research institute
instead of a central government position. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

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