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1. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Don’t be fooled by Bo Xilai’s trial

   Posted Sep 01st 2013, 09:01pm by Chang Ping

   ... ascension to power, Xi has been far more enthusiastic in disarming the Constitution than fighting corrupt party seniors like Bo. He knows better than anybody who his real friends and foes are. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1301341/dont-be-fooled-bo-xilais-trial
2. News - China

   US ex-revolutionary places hopes on Xi

   Posted Nov 12th 2012, 08:45pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... interviews he’s given,” he said, adding that Xi Zhongxun was the “most democratic-minded of the old party leadership”. Xi Jinping, 59, is expected to formally take over as party leader on Thursday, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1080974/us-ex-revolutionary-places-hopes-xi
3. Comment - Blogs - CORRUPTION

   Revealed: emerging trends behind China's anti-corruption drive

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 06:59pm by Ernest Kao

   ... Since Xi Jinping took the reins as the party chief last year, he has made several pledges to fight corruption  in China. Those who don't make the cut, he has stressed, will be purged . The epic Bo Xilai saga aside, “violations of party discipline” (a fancier name for graft) have so far revolved around many of the same offences, namely embezzlement, bribery, nepotism and abuse ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1139426/revealed-emerging-trends-behind-chinas-anti-corruption-drive
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Xi's right words against corruption need right action

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... becoming party leader, Xi zeroed in on the root of the problem - the abuse of power and privilege by officials. "We must establish mechanisms to restrain and supervise power [which] must ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1135475/xis-right-words-against-corruption-need-right-action
5. News - China

   Hot topics loom at Beidaihe summer summit as Chinese leaders meet to discuss reform

   Posted Jul 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Cary Huang

   ... Xi Jinping and second-in-command Premier Li Keqiang to use the plenum to unveil their political and economic agendas. Steve Tsang, professor of Contemporary Chinese Studies and director of the China Policy Institute at Nottingham University in Britain, said: "I think Xi will try to use his 'honeymoon' period to push forward his reform agenda. What we have seen so far, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1288647/hot-topics-loom-beidaihe-summer-summit
6. News - China - CORRUPTION

   Xi Jinping warns of unrest if graft not tackled

   Posted Nov 19th 2012, 11:45am

   ... If corruption is allowed to run wild in China then the ruling Communist Party risks major unrest and the collapse of its rule, state media on Monday quoted Vice President Xi Jinping as saying at one of his first major meetings since being named as new leader at the 18th party congress. In unusually blunt language, Xi, who assumes Hu Jintao’s job as head of state in March next ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1086003/xi-jinping-warns-unrest-if-graft-not-tackled
7. News - China

   China’s year of political surprises not over

   Posted Oct 26th 2012, 09:21am by Reuters in Beijing

   ... in secret - in contrast to the very public leadership battle underway in the United States. One of the few things known with almost total certainty is that Vice-President Xi Jinping will take over as party leader at the congress which opens November 8, leaving dozens of senior positions to be fought over in the political backrooms. Xi then becomes president in March at the annual meeting ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1070161/chinas-year-political-surprises-not-over
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion - CHINA BRIEFING

   The frightening implications of Bo Xilai's harsh punishment

   Posted Oct 01st 2012, 12:00am by Wang Xiangwei

   ... likely be on a much different course. That would have been a scary thought for Xi and the other incoming leaders. So it is no wonder that, according to a report by the quasi-official mainland ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1051066/deeper-political-reasons-behind-bos-harsh-penalty
9. News - China - POLITICS

   Beidaihe meeting on leadership succession ends, say analysts

   Posted Aug 16th 2012, 12:00am

   ... on an inspection trip to the eastern province of Zhejiang on Tuesday. "We knew that the conclave may have been under way when state leaders, including Vice-President Xi Jinping , began showing up ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1015715/beidaihe-meeting-leadership-succession-ends-say-analysts
10. High time for party's top brass to disclose wealth

    Posted Jul 02nd 2012, 12:00am

    ... for themselves has further enraged mainlanders who have long complained about the collusion between corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen. It is therefore encouraging to note that Xi, widely ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/1005634/high-time-partys-top-brass-disclose-wealth

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