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1. Signs of reform sought at plenum

   Posted Oct 16th 2010, 12:00am by Cary Huang

   ... to see whether Vice-President Xi Jinping will be promoted to the vice-chairmanship of the Central Military Commission. If so, it would cement his status as heir-apparent to Hu, who gives up his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/727643/signs-reform-sought-plenum
2. Party meeting opens amid calls for change

   Posted Oct 15th 2010, 12:00am by Priscilla Jiao

   ... for 2011-15. However, much of the political intrigue will focus on whether Vice-President Xi Jinping , the long-anticipated successor to Hu Jintao as president and party chief, will be inducted into the top military policy-setting body, the Central Military Commission, as expected. Hu currently heads the body. Xi didn't get the nod at last year's plenum, which raised a few eyebrows ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/727535/party-meeting-opens-amid-calls-change
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   What Xi Jinping must do to root out corruption

   Posted Jan 02nd 2013, 12:25am by STEVE TSANG

   ... Steve Tsang says two things stand in the way of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive – the party's absolute power and the endemic exploitation by leaders' relatives of their position for personal gain Upon his promotion to the post of general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and therefore the leader of China, Xi Jinping declared that one of his top priorities ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1117859/what-xi-jinping-must-do-root-out-corruption
4. 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
5. Business - Banking & Finance - APPOINTMENTS

   Promotion snub of Wen Jiabao son-in-law takes cue from Xi Jinping?

   Posted Jun 06th 2013, 12:00am by George Chen, JANE CAI

   ... Surprise promotion within CBRC reflects Xi Jinping's emphasis on merit over connections A reshuffle of senior staff at the mainland bank watchdog offers the clearest signal yet of a shift in the way the new government of President Xi Jinping will promote top officials, sources with ties to the Beijing leadership say. The appointment of Yang Jiacai as assistant chairman ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1254419/promotion-snub-wen-jiabao-son-law-takes-cue-xi-jinping
6. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   Reform is impossible when the reformers are losing so much

   Posted Jan 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... in the international media detailing the vast fortunes amassed by family members during their periods in high office. The extent of Xi's family business interests were exposed last summer in a 4,000-word ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1118502/reform-impossible-when-reformers-are-losing-so-much
7. Comment - Blogs

   New York Times websites blocked in China after story on Wen family wealth

   Posted Oct 26th 2012, 09:29am by John Kennedy

   ... converge in China’s fast-growing economy. Bloomberg met a similar fate in June this year when it published its own expose of the riches belonging to family members of Xi Jinping, who will be made ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1070165/new-york-times-website-blocked-china
8. Leaders not immune to a focus on quick fixes, populist policy

   Posted Dec 12th 2011, 12:00am

   ... of development, but unfortunately that process has stalled. Now mainlanders have no choice but to pin their hopes on the new leadership under Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to kick-start the reform process ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/987558/leaders-not-immune-focus-quick-fixes-populist-policy
9. Leaders stuck with an image problem

   Posted Nov 15th 2011, 12:00am

   ... China has enormous global influence and its rise is changing the world. Yet for all its economic might, power and influence, foreigners know little about the country or the men who rule it. To allay concerns, Beijing has poured billions of dollars into la ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/984840/leaders-stuck-image-problem
10. Upbeat Xi rejects fears of hard landing for China

    Posted Aug 20th 2011, 12:00am

    ... to resuscitate world economic growth. Speaking at a Sino-US business roundtable, Xi (pictured), who is expected to succeed Hu Jintao as Communist Party chief next year and as president in 2013, stressed ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/976638/upbeat-xi-rejects-fears-hard-landing-china

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