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1. News - China

   Xi Jinping urges Philippines to mend ties after row

   Posted Sep 22nd 2012, 01:01pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... this [situation] will not appear again and again, allowing bilateral relations to return to the track of normal development,” Xinhua quoted Xi as telling the special envoy of Philippine President Benigno ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1043005/xi-jinping-urges-philippines-mend-ties-after-row
2. News - China

   China party congress closes, sets Xi on leadership path

   Posted Nov 14th 2012, 09:40pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... 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. The week-long Communist Party gathering in the cavernous Great Hall of the People ended after its 2,200 delegates from around the country selected a new Central Committee of 205 party members. Xi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1082534/china-party-congress-closes-sets-xi-leadership-path
3. News - China - POLITICS

   New President Xi Jinping calls for 'great renaissance'

   Posted Mar 17th 2013, 10:52am by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... China’s newly installed President Xi Jinping said on Sunday he would fight for a “great renaissance of the Chinese nation”, in his first speech as head of state of the world’s most populous country. Xi called for “arduous efforts for the continued realisation of the great renaissance of the Chinese nation and the Chinese dream”, in a speech to delegates at the National ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1192818/new-president-xi-jinping-calls-great-renaissance
4. News - China

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

   Posted Nov 13th 2012, 04:21pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... 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 decades. Xi is due to take up the leadership of the Communist Party at the close of its congress this week and comparisons are already being drawn between Peng and Carla Bruni, the singer and model ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1081646/chinas-peng-liyuan-first-lady-star-power
5. News - China

   Hu Jintao leaves behind a mighty yet anxious China

   Posted Nov 06th 2012, 12:42pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... Hu Jintao presided over a momentous decade in which China cemented its re-emergence as a global power, became the world’s second-largest economy, and dazzled the world with a glittering Olympic Games. But the outgoing Communist chief leaves his successor Xi Jinping – set to be appointed party leader at a congress starting this week – facing an array of problems stemming from ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1076096/hu-leaves-behind-mighty-yet-anxious-china
6. News - China

   Venezuelan president in China after US airspace row

   Posted Sep 21st 2013, 08:25pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... to meet with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Economic cooperation between the two countries has boomed in recent years following the signing of several multi-billion-dollar agreements ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1314703/venezuelan-president-china-after-us-airspace-row
7. News - China

   Beijing criticised over Tiananmen Square's psychedelic-style vase costing 570,000 yuan

   Posted Sep 29th 2013, 03:18pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... China’s new President Xi Jinping has touted a campaign to reduce government waste, introducing a ban on new government buildings and guidelines for banquets, after reports of corrupt officials ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1320593/tiananmen-square-makeover-criticised-over-cost
8. News - China - BUILDINGS

   China's leaning tower 'stable at present'

   Posted Nov 29th 2012, 03:57pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... Tower?” the report said. A member of staff at Xi’an’s cultural relics bureau, who asked not to be named, told the AFP news agency her office was working on a plan to reinforce the tower, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1093843/chinas-leaning-tower-stable-present
9. News - China - HUMAN TRAFFICKING

   Twin baby girls 'stolen' by Shaanxi doctor found

   Posted Aug 09th 2013, 02:28pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... those responsible “seriously”, it said. Fuping is the home county of the family of Chinese president Xi Jinping. Trafficking of children is a serious problem in China, blamed in part ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1295473/shaanxi-twin-baby-girls-stolen-doctor-found
10. News - China

    Ban Ki-moon arrives in China for high-level talks

    Posted Jun 18th 2013, 05:21pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

    ... as the settlement of the issue through dialogue and consultation.” US President Barack Obama said China was taking a tougher line against North Korea’s nuclear program as he credited new President Xi ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1263641/ban-ki-moon-arrives-china-high-level-talks

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