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1. News - China - POLITICS

   Wait for President Xi Jinping to pick a path as a reformer or a conservative

   Posted Jul 18th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... preoccupied China watchers everywhere since Xi completed his ascent to the posts of president and party chief in March amid soaring hopes for political change. The debate has only intensified after ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1284906/wait-president-xi-jinping-pick-path-reformer-or-conservative
2. News - China - POLITICS

   Xi Jinping vows to crack down on corrupt officials in China

   Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping pledged yesterday to crack down on senior and low-ranking corrupt officials and enhance checks and balances on officials' power by "confining them in the cage" of a regulatory system. Xinhua reported that in a strongly worded speech at the plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in Beijing, Xi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1133961/xi-jinping-vows-crack-down-corrupt-officials-china
3. News - China - SECURITY

   Communist Party leader makes first visit to People's Armed Police

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... in an olive-green Mao suit in his capacity as chairman of the party's Central Military Commission (CMC), Xi braved freezing weather for an outdoor review of police from the 13th branch ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1138959/communist-party-leader-makes-first-visit-peoples-armed-police
4. News - China - DIPLOMACY

   First lady Peng Liyuan to perform with Russian troupe, report says

   Posted Mar 24th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK, Teddy Ng

   ... First lady Peng Liyuan kept a low profile yesterday although her emergence from the plane with her husband, President Xi Jinping, on Friday drew so much media coverage on the first day of their state visit to Russia that she nearly stole his limelight. Peng, a famous folk singer, appeared in public yesterday, sitting among the audience during Xi's speech at the Moscow State ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1198319/first-lady-peng-liyuan-perform-russian-troupe-report-says
5. 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
6. News - China - NATIONAL CONGRESS

   Communist Party discipline chief He Guoqiang reappears in public

   Posted Sep 13th 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... in the country's fight against graft. His time out of the limelight had become the subject of intense speculation because it coincided with a similar absence by Xi. The central government has provided ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1035302/communist-party-discipline-chief-he-guoqiang-reappears-public
7. News - China - POLITICS

   Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang on tour to poor areas

   Posted Feb 04th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... in the northern part of Shaanxi province more than four decades ago," Xinhua quoted Xi as saying during his trip to Weiyuan county in Gansu's Dingxi city, one of the poorest areas in the nation. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1142769/xi-jinping-and-li-keqiang-tour-poor-areas
8. News - China - DEFENCE

   Wei Fenghe is first PLA general promoted under Xi Jinping

   Posted Nov 24th 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... strategic missile force, was promoted to full general yesterday - the first officer formally elevated to the highest rank by Xi Jinping in his new capacity as the military chief. Wei, the 58-year-old commander of the Second Artillery Corps, received a certificate of command from Xi, chairman of the Communist Party's Central Military Commission, at a ceremony attended by other ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1089561/wei-fenghe-first-pla-general-promoted-under-xi-jinping
9. News - China - MILITARY

   PLA leadership changes reflect a fine balancing act

   Posted Oct 26th 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... chief Jiang Zemin , current general secretary Hu Jintao and his heir apparent, Xi Jinping . The new Chief of General Staff, General Fang Fenghui , is a protégé of Hu, while both General Zhao ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1069862/pla-leadership-changes-reflect-fine-balancing-act
10. News - China

    Promotion in sight for Guangzhou commander Xu Fenlin

    Posted Jul 23rd 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

    ... Region, are tipped to be among a round of full-general promotions endorsed by President Xi Jinping in his other roles as party general secretary and chairman of the powerful Central Military ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1288676/promotion-sight-guangzhou-commander-xu-fenlin

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