Central Committee

Jiang Zemin moved down party pecking order 'at own request'

24 Jan 2013

Former Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin moved down the top leadership's pecking order at his own request, state media reported yesterday.

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China's new Central Committee members urged to disclose assets

14 Dec 2012

More than 1,000 lawyers, academics and professionals signed an open letter calling for newly chosen members of the Communist Party's Central Committee to publicly disclose their family assets to...

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Sichuan deputy party secretary probed over corruption

5 Dec 2012

Sichuan's deputy party secretary has become the first senior official to be targeted in an anti-corruption drive launched by the new leadership.

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Expansion of Central Committee secretariat may reflect ethnic unrest

16 Nov 2012

The expansion of the Communist Party's executive body from six to seven members may be due to the increasing importance of ethnic issues, analysts say.

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Risers and fallers in Central Committee voting

15 Nov 2012

The former chief of staff of outgoing President Hu Jintao managed to secure a seat on the Communist Party's Central Committee yesterday despite the scandal over the cover-up of his son's death at...

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Ex-premier Li Peng's son wins fewest votes

15 Nov 2012

With all 376 full and alternate members elected yesterday to the Communist Party's Central Committee, somebody has to be least popular among the bunch.

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Top Beijing officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs join Central Committee

Two top Beijing officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs have been elected to positions on the Communist Party's Central Committee - one as a full member, and the other as an alternate - while a...

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Central Committee vote belies much touted intra-party democracy

The level of competition in preliminary voting for the elite Central Committee turned out to be lower than expected, dealing an embarrassing blow to the party's much touted internal democracy.

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Liu Yunshan tipped to lead the Central Committee Secretariat

Communist Party propaganda chief Liu Yunshan is tipped to lead the Secretariat of the party's Central Committee - another victory for the conservatives in their efforts to gain control of the...

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China drafts name list of party central committee

China’s ruling communists were handed a list of candidates for their new Central Committee on Tuesday ahead of a tightly circumscribed vote to select a new leadership for the world’s most populous...

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18th PARTY CONGRESS

Exclusive: Ferrari crash scandal cover-up may force out Hu ally, Ling Jihua

The ruling Communist Party is set to make the election of its elite Central Committee more competitive, which may cast further doubt over the political futures of several controversial candidates...

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PARTY LEADERSHIP

China's Communist Party remains a boys’ club

Mao Zedong once declared: “Women hold up half the sky,” but today’s Chinese Communist Party is heavy with testosterone and when a new set of leaders is announced this week all are expected to be...

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