BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party moved Tuesday to confirm Xi Jinping’s rise to becoming the country’s most powerful leader in decades by amending its constitution to add his name and ideology. Xi’s concept of…
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China’s Communist Party inserts Xi Jinping into party constitution
BEIJING – China’s ruling Communist Party has amended its constitution to add President Xi Jinping’s name and ideology in an extension of his formidable political sway. Xi’s concept of “socialism with Chinese characteristics for a…
China has grand ambitions to dethrone the dollar. It may make a powerful move this year
China is looking to make a major move against the dollar’s global dominance, and it may come as early as this year. The new strategy is to enlist the energy markets’ help: Beijing may introduce…
China Names Top Leaders, With One Notable Absence
The name of China’s powerful anti-graft chief was absent from the Communist Party’s new central committee, according to a list published by the official Xinhua News Agency, suggesting that President Xi Jinping is adhering to…
China’s Xi accrues power, worrying critics and delighting supporters
Nor did the displays charting China’s climate change progress or other technological advancements. Instead, it was an exhibit showing how Xi has locked up thousands of corrupt officials that drew his approval. “We finally have…
China flexes military muscle with rare pictures of its latest stealth fighter jet which is said to be built based on US war plane plans ‘stolen by hackers’
China’s latest J-20 stealth fighter jets were confirmed to have been commissioned into military service recently, reported state-run Xinhua News Agency. Wu Qian, a spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense said at a press…
Charting China’s ‘great purge’ under Xi
Since becoming China’s leader in 2012, Xi Jinping has overseen a vast and … Research and production by BBC News, BBC Monitoring, BBC Chinese and BBC Visual Journalism. ( read original story …)
Why China has so few female leaders
but in China, expressing support for the mere concept of feminism can be controversial. Last year, state-run news agency Xinhua published an opinion piece criticizing Taiwanese President Tsai’s “extremist style,” because she was unmarried. “As…
China supports Myanmar ‘safeguarding peace and stability’
China supports “Myanmar’s efforts in safeguarding peace and stability in this region and hoped all areas, including Rakhine state, will realize peace, stability and development,” Guo told reporters at a news conference on the sidelines…
China says no excuses for foreign officials meeting Dalai Lama
China considers the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, to be a dangerous separatist. The Nobel Peace Prize winning monk says he simply seeks…
Beijing’s metro gives a thumbs-up to Xi Jinping’s speech
These are external links and will open in a new window It took Xi Jinping just under three and a half hours to deliver his all-important speech to Congress, and that is about the length…
Make China Great Again! Xi leads China into muscular new era
Audiences loved what became China’s biggest-grossing movie ever. Some reportedly sang the national anthem as the movie closed on an image of a Chinese passport and the words, “Please remember, at your back stands a…
China’s president looks to usher in new era of nationalism
Audiences loved what became China’s biggest-grossing movie ever. Some reportedly sang the national anthem as the movie closed on an image of a Chinese passport and the words, “Please remember, at your back stands a…
