Top Chinese Official Hedges Bets, Switches AllegiancePolitburo Standing Committee member Jia Qinglin has taken steps to distance himself from former Party leader Jiang Zemin.Friends Read FreeCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveJia Qinglin in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2009. Liu Jin/AFP/Getty ImagesBy Lin Feng6/11/2012Updated: 10/1/2015Print