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Li Qiang becomes China's new premier
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Li Qiang will replace Li Keqiang, who became premier in 2013 with high hopes that he would usher in liberal reforms. But his power was curbed by Xi, who increasingly sidelined Li Keqiang and placed allies in key strategic positions over him.
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Xi Jinping elected Chinese President for 3rd term
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Thousands of delegates at the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing voted on Xi's appointment as president and head of the military for another five years. However, the process was a formality in China's rubber-stamp parliament after Xi, 69, was confirmed as chief of the ruling Comm
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China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reins
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
After a decade in Chinese President Xi Jinping's shadow, Li Keqiang is taking his final bow as the country's premier, marking a shift away from the skilled technocrats who have helped steer the world's second-biggest economy in favour of officials known mainly for their unquestioned loyalty
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Xi doubts Chinese military's ability to invade Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a television interview that aired on February 26, CIA Director William Burns said, "we do know, as has been made public, that President Xi has instructed the PLA, the Chinese military leadership, to be ready by 2027 to invade Taiwan, but that does not mean that he has decided to invade in
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China: Arrest of youngsters, who took part in white paper protests, contin
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Many of the protesters who took part in the November 2022 street demonstrations in China against President Xi Jinping's "Zero-Covid" policy are no longer alive. Not only the public memory of these events is fading, but it's possible that the protests themselves may be forgotten in China as a
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China using court to nab western technology
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
China leans on an array of levers to pry technology from American companies. In 2018, The Wall Street Journal laid out the example of Beijing's plan to pry technology from other nations. DuPont Co. suspected its onetime partner in China was getting hold of its prized chemical technology and
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Ukrainian President Zelensky planning to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinpi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"I am planning to meet with Xi Jinping," Zelensky said during a wide-ranging, two-hour press conference on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "This will be important for world security."
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China's billionaire CEO Bao Fan disappears; share stock plunges
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a filing to Hong Kong Stock Exchange Market, Chinese Renaissance Holdings Ltd said that the company could not reach its founder Bao Fan.
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China plans to triple nuclear warheads to 900 by 2035: Report
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The blueprint, prepared by the People's Liberation Army, has been approved by Chinese President Xi Jinping, head of the military, who has been eager to strengthen Beijing's deterrence against Washington.
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Xi Jinping cannot take steps towards new foreign policy unless West extend
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to the POREG report, Xi is expected to witness creeping doubts about his leadership until he tackles China's relations with the United States.
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China plants PLA ex-servicemen in general public for surveillance
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ex-servicemen of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) are being planted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the village committees to strengthen the CCP's grip on the general public and ensure their utmost loyalty to President Xi Jinping.
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Chinese spy balloon episode to have consequences on US-China bilateral tie
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to The Hong Kong Post, if China does not work toward repairing the relations, the episode may even endanger the meeting between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping that is being planned in Indonesia this November.
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