China's other top leaders bring loyalty to Xi Jinping, experienceTheir roles are expected to come more into focus during the ongoing session of the National People's Congress, China's ceremonial legislatu...
09 Mar, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reinsAfter exiting the ruling Communist Party's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee in October - despite being below retirement age - Li's...
06 Mar, 2023, 06.58 AM IST
What to look for as China kicks off its annual session of parliamentComing months after President Xi Jinping secured a norm-breaking third term as supreme leader, the sessions will further consolidate his au...
02 Mar, 2023, 12.52 PM IST
China declares 'decisive victory' over COVID-19"With continuous efforts to optimise COVID-19 prevention and control measures since November 2022, China's COVID-19 response has made a smo...
17 Feb, 2023, 07.31 AM IST
Analysis: China's newly empowered Xi faces a daunting to-do listAt home, Xi, 69, must fill myriad jobs in the party and state bureaucracy after the change in leadership at the top of his ruling Communist...
25 Oct, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Alibaba, JD.com tumble in US as Xi asserts full control in ChinaMonday’s selloff came after Xi packed the Politburo Standing Committee with six loyalists during the party’s twice-a-decade leadership resh...
24 Oct, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
Chinese President Xi scripts history, secures record third term as supreme leaderXi, 69, was elected Sunday morning as General Secretary of the Communist Party for 3rd five-year tenure by the Central Committee, which was...
23 Oct, 2022, 09.07 PM IST
Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and ruleIn his first decade in power, he tightened state control over the economy and society and promoted a more muscular foreign and defence poli...
23 Oct, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
What is China's National Congress of the Communist Party? How it works and how are leaders elected?This year's Congress will be a hugely significant meeting for the future of China and for the world. Xi Jinping is almost certain to be ele...
16 Oct, 2022, 10.55 AM IST
What to expect from China's party congressThe proceedings surrounding the event are shrouded in secrecy, as is typical in China's authoritarian one-party state. But the weeklong con...
15 Oct, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
What to expect from China's party congressThe 96 million-member party is led by a Central Committee and Politburo. Their top cadres, who now number seven, form the powerful Politbur...
15 Oct, 2022, 07.44 AM IST
China's 20th Communist Party Congress: Who could be in Xi Jinping's new team?Given China's extremely opaque politics, much less is known about who else will be promoted into key roles on the Politburo and its elite S...
13 Oct, 2022, 06.53 AM IST
China's Communist Party elects delegates for October 16 Congress"Each electoral unit across the country convened a party congress or party representative meeting and elected 2,296 delegates to the 20th P...
26 Sep, 2022, 12.08 AM IST
No cult of personality around Xi, says top China party academicThe Central Party School is the training ground for top cadres and is influential in interpreting and disseminating party directives.
06 Nov, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
China's ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang under investigation: ReportZhou was the ninth-ranking member of nine-membered Standing Committee of the CPC headed by former Party leader and ex-President Hu Jintao.
29 Jul, 2014, 05.48 PM IST
- China's ruling Communist Party remains an all-men club
The Standing Committee was shrunk from nine to seven members, which some party leaders say was aimed at improving the coordination of the c...
15 Nov, 2012, 04.30 PM IST
- China's Prez firms up grip; VP eased out of key panel
Chinese vice president Zeng Qinghong was on Sunday eased out from the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee.
22 Oct, 2007, 12.55 AM IST