The action seems intended mainly to reduce local resistance to edicts by Mr. Hu and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao , while also smashing the remnants of the political clique that had been tied more closely to Jiang Zemin , China 's former paramount leader , than to Mr. Hu .
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