Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xin

Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xin

By Des Webster China's politically powerful vice president stepped down yesterday in a reshuffling of the Communist Party leadership, removing from office a rival to President Hu Jintao.

By Joseph Kahn President Hu Jintao of China promised Monday to address social fissures, a degraded environment and rampant corruption during his second term as China's top leader, but all but ruled out more than cosmetic political reform.

Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xin