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1. News - China - MEDIA

   Saga of Xi’s ‘taxi ride’ in Beijing takes a new turn

   Posted Apr 20th 2013, 12:00am by Teddy Ng

   ... officials. On Thursday the paper ran a story about how Beijing taxi driver Guo Lixin found himself giving Xi and his assistant a ride on March 1. The story was posted on a major mainland news portal ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1218728/xi-jinping-may-have-taken-beijing-taxi-ride-some-mainland-journalists-say
2. News - World - MEDIA

   Obama, Merkel top Forbes' list of world's most powerful people

   Posted Dec 07th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... altogether this time because he's on his way out of office. His successor, Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping , is the first Chinese on the list at No.9, one place behind Mario Draghi, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1099378/obama-merkel-top-forbes-list-worlds-most-powerful-people
3. News - China Insider - MEDIA

   Xinhua news website removes porn images after realising mistake

   Posted Aug 07th 2013, 01:06pm by Patrick Boehler

   ... series.   During the National Congress of the Communist Party in November, which marked the leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, it published a series of photos of "beautiful ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1294930/xinhua-removes-porn-images-site-after-mistake
4. News - China - MEDIA

   Attack on Western values sparks fears over prospects for political reform

   Posted Jun 04th 2013, 12:00am by Teddy Ng

   ... including Xi, are the children of party elders. "The new leadership believes they are the inheritors, and will proactively seek to tighten their control over things before they keep boiling ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1252829/attack-western-values-sparks-fears-over-prospects-political-reform
5. News - China - MEDIA

   Yanhuang Chunqiu website closed down after editorial on constitution

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... , praising the publication. "Xi [Jinping] kept stressing the importance of the constitution," Du said. "I don't believe this [closure] has anything to do with the new ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1120153/yanhuang-chunqiu-website-closed-down-after-editorial-constitution
6. News - China - MEDIA

   How reality has pierced through China's 'happiest 30 minutes' on television

   Posted Apr 04th 2013, 12:00am by LAURA ZHOU

   ... an amused microblogger wrote. There have also been changes in the way news items are presented. On January 23, after a report about a campaign to tackle food waste, echoing President Xi Jinping's appeals against extravagance, presenter Lang Yongchun sought comment from Yang Yu, a researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission's China Centre for Urban Development. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1206537/how-reality-has-pierced-through-chinas-happiest-30-minutes-television
7. News - Hong Kong - MEDIA

   Journalists slam bid to curb information

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 06:15pm

   ... of China’s ruling elite grabbed worldwide headlines. In September, Bloomberg used publicly available records to compile a list of investments made by China’s new leader Xi Jinping’s extended family, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1124830/journalists-slam-bid-curb-information
8. News - China - MEDIA

   Guangzhou protesters call for press freedom and end to censorship

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 12:00am by Li Jing

   ... in the new leadership. A Guangzhou lawyer said the attempt to silence the Southern Weekly  was obviously a deviation from the pro-reform signal sent out during new party chief Xi Jinping ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122463/guangzhou-protesters-call-press-freedom-and-end-censorship
9. News - China - MEDIA

   Protesters demand press freedom over censorship row at Southern Weekly

   Posted Jan 07th 2013, 09:31pm by AFP

   ... of expression comes despite pledges of change from the new Communist leadership, headed by president-in-waiting Xi Jinping, which has promised a more open style of governance since the party congress ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122299/protesters-demand-press-freedom-over-censorship-southern-weekend
10. News - China - MEDIA

    Websites often critical of Beijing challenge report on Wen Jiabao's family wealth

    Posted Nov 02nd 2012, 12:00am by Cary Huang

    ... against The New York Times . Beijing took a more low-key approach when similar allegations against the family of Vice-President Xi Jinping were made in a Bloomberg investigative report in June. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1074439/sites-often-critical-beijing-challenge-report-wen-jiabaos-family-wealth