What is Xu Caihou?
{{Infobox military person | name = Xu Caihou | native_name = 徐才厚 | native_name_lang = zho | image = Xu Caihou 2009.jpg | caption = General Xu Caihou on October 27, 2009 |birth_date= June 1943 |death_date={{death date and age|2015|3|15|1943|6|1}} |birth_place= [[Wafangdian]], [[Liaoning]], [[Republic of China (1912–49)|China]] |death_place= [[China]] | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{Flag|People's Republic of China|size=23px}} | branch = {{Flagicon image|People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|size=23px}} [[People's Liberation Army]] | serviceyears = 1968–2012 | rank = [[File:3 Gold Stars.svg|25px]] [[Jiang (rank)|General]] | commands = Vice Chairman of the [[Central Military Commission (China)|Central Military Commission]] (2004–2012)<br>Member of 17th [[Politburo]] of the Communist Party of China (2007–2012)<br>Secretary of [[Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee|Secretariat of the Communist Party of China]] (2002–2007) | relations = | laterwork = }} '''Xu Caihou''' ({{zh|c=徐才厚|p=Xú Cáihòu}}; June 1943 &ndash; 15 March 2015) was a former member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of China|Politburo]] of the [[Communist Party of China]], Vice Chairman of the [[Central Military Commission (China)|Central Military Commission]] and General of Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]]. On 19 September 2004, Xu succeeded [[Hu Jintao]] as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission after Hu was promoted to [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission|chairmanship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-09-19-china-military_x.htm|accessdate=July 5, 2014|title=China completes military power transfer|publisher=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Xu retired from public office in 2013. In March 2014, it was reported that Xu was diagnosed with [[bladder cancer]] and was undergoing extensive treatment in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1450312/cor