China Ex-President May Be Set to Yield Last Powerful Post By JOSEPH KAHN Published: September 7, 2004 China Photos via Reuters Portraits of Hu Jintao, left, and Jiang Zemin on a wall in Beijing. Mr. Hu succeeded Mr. Jiang as president and Communist Party leader. BEIJING, Sept. 6 - Jiang Zemin, China's military chief and senior leader, has told Communist Party officials that he plans to resign, prompting an intense and so far inconclusive struggle for control of the armed forces, two people with leadership connections say. Mr. Jiang's offer to relinquish authority as chairman of the Central Military...