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1. News - China

   Xi Jinping began career as cadre in rural Hebei

   Posted Oct 23rd 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... Why did the well-connected son of a revolutionary leader swap a job in the capital for life as a party cadre in on obscure rural community? Xi Jinping kick-started his political career with a bold move. At the age of 29, Xi turned his back on a life of privilege as a party elder's son in Beijing to accept a posting 250 kilometres away in an obscure, dusty town in Zhengding ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1067383/xi-jinping-began-career-cadre-rural-hebei
2. News - China

   Xi soaks up limelight on first day in charge of nation

   Posted Nov 16th 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... orchestrated to present him in the best possible light. For many mainlanders watching Xi's first TV appearance after his ascent, the speech highlighted a huge difference in personality between Xi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083422/xi-soaks-limelight-first-day-charge-nation
3. News - China - 18th PARTY CONGRESS

   Xi Jinping pledges to tackle corruption

   Posted Nov 16th 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... leaders. Along with Xi, a slate of new leaders was also sworn in as they were elevated to the Politburo and its Standing Committee, the apex of power, after elections by the newly elected Central ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083432/xi-jinping-pledges-tackle-corruption
4. News - China - LEADERSHIP TRANSITION

   Conservatives dominate latest line-up for new Communist Party leadership

   Posted Nov 02nd 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... to fight back over the distribution of standing committee seats," Tsang said.   LIKELY LINE-UP   Xi Jinping Party general secretary         Li Keqiang Premier         Zhang Dejiang NPC ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1074459/partys-old-guard-dominates-latest-line-inner-most-council
5. News - China - POLITICS

   Xi Jinping's guidelines to cut back extravagance go into effect

   Posted Jan 04th 2013, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... are being banned across the country as local authorities scramble to conform to Communist Party chief Xi Jinping's call to streamline the bureaucracy and cut waste and extravagance. At least 17 provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, have rolled out detailed guidelines to follow through on Xi's "eight rules" on official behaviour, according to People's Daily ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1119384/xi-jinpings-guidelines-cut-back-extravagance-go-effect
6. News - China - POLITICS

   Xi wins rave reviews for visit to Hebei villages

   Posted Dec 31st 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... Mainlanders are lapping up real-time updates of president-to-be's every move on his Hebei visit At first glance, Xi Jinping's weekend sweep through a pair of impoverished villages looks much like the usual year-end trips of his predecessor, Hu Jintao. But unlike Hu's official tours, which had seldom stirred much public discussion, online or otherwise, Xi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1116194/xi-wins-rave-reviews-visit-hebei-villages
7. News - China - SOCIETY

   Xi Jinping visits poor in Hebei province and tells of goal to lift millions out of hardship

   Posted Dec 31st 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... Party chief meets destitute mountain villagers and tells of goal to lift millions out of hardship and punish those who embezzle relief funds Party chief Xi Jinping said lifting tens of millions of people out of poverty remains the biggest challenge for the new leadership in its bid to build a moderately prosperous society by 2020, state media reported. Xi made the remarks during ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1116153/xi-jinping-visits-poor-hebei-province-and-tells-goal-lift-millions-out
8. News - China - DIPLOMACY

   Obama eyes 'frank and fruitful' relations with China's new leaders

   Posted Dec 22nd 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... and a higher level" so as to jointly tackle regional and global challenges, Wang said. Repeating recent remarks by Xi in a meeting with former US president Jimmy Carter, Wang called ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1110192/obama-eyes-frank-and-fruitful-relations-chinas-new-leaders
9. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Green activists spend 100,000 yuan on NY Times ad aimed at Xi's environmental policy

   Posted Dec 07th 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... and I still have to suffer from constant police harassment two years after my release, I am still hopeful that Xi and his generation of leaders will be different from their predecessors," he ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1099417/green-activists-spend-100000-yuan-ny-times-ad-aimed-xis-environmental
10. News - China - 18th PARTY CONGRESS

    Hu Jintao will step down as military chief today

    Posted Nov 15th 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao, CHOI CHI-YUK

    ... at the party's Central Military Commission (CMC) to Xi when the party's new Central Committee meets for the first time today to usher in a new generation of leaders. When asked if Hu would cling ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1082610/hu-jintao-clears-way-first-clean-power-transition-20-years

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