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Xi Jinping’s early life exalted in Xinhua profile

China’s incoming president Xi Jinping was shaped by his “unique experiences as an ‘educated youth’”, state news agency Xinhua said in a profile that was accompanied by a lengthy photo gallery of...

7:32PM

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Report on propaganda chief Liu Qibao released

A report about the recent official activities of Liu Qibao, the new propaganda chief whose conspicuous absence from the limelight for nine days has sparked intense speculation among overseas media...

7:49AM

Wei Fenghe is first PLA general promoted under Xi Jinping

Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe , who commands the People's Liberation Army's strategic missile force, was promoted to full general yesterday - the first officer formally elevated to the highest...

8:41AM

Inner Mongolia party chief Hu Chunhua seen making Politburo Standing Committee in 2017

The party chief in Inner Mongolia - a favourite to win a seat on the Politburo Standing Committee in the reshuffle that is five years away - has become the first cadre to pledge loyalty to the new...

7:24AM

Xi Jinping appointed military chief in clean transfer of power

Vice-President Xi Jinping was on Thursday appointed chief of China’s military after a pivotal party congress that saw him become head of the ruling Communist Party, state media reported.

1:22PM

China party congress closes, sets Xi on leadership path

China’s ruling Communist Party closed a pivotal congress on Wednesday that put Vice President Xi Jinping a step closer to taking power for the next decade in a landmark transition.

9:58PM

Xinhua live-tweets closing session of 18th party congress

Delegates to China’s Communist Party congress offered the first clues to a generational leadership succession on Wednesday after a preliminary vote tapped Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang as anointed...

2:18PM

Liu Yunshan tipped to lead the Central Committee Secretariat

Communist Party propaganda chief Liu Yunshan is tipped to lead the Secretariat of the party's Central Committee - another victory for the conservatives in their efforts to gain control of the...

8:55AM

China’s Peng Liyuan: a ‘first lady’ with star power

China’s next first lady Peng Liyuan is a dazzling singer whose profile long eclipsed that of her husband Xi Jinping, and who will bring a touch of glamour to a role hidden in the shadows for...

5:26PM

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China's Communist Party remains a boys’ club

Mao Zedong once declared: “Women hold up half the sky,” but today’s Chinese Communist Party is heavy with testosterone and when a new set of leaders is announced this week all are expected to be...

2:40PM

POLITICS

Exclusive: Hunan boss Zhou Qiang tipped to be top judge

The leader of the province where June 4 activist Li Wangyang mysteriously died in June is likely to become China's next top judge as part of the leadership transition under way at the 18th party...

8:30AM

Li Yuanchao tipped to oversee Hong Kong and Macau affairs

Li Yuanchao , a trusted ally of Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao, is tipped to become vice-president next year and oversee Hong Kong and Macau affairs.

7:48AM

China’s next premier, Li Keqiang, has mixed record

Li Keqiang, a bureaucrat with an easy smile but a mixed record, will step up China’s Communist hierarchy at this week’s congress on his way to becoming prime minister of the world’s second-largest...

5:22PM

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