Li Xiaopeng

Shanghai vice-mayor set for China Investment Corp

11 May 2013

Beijing is expected to announce appointments to key financial positions in the near future as the new leadership prepares to take bolder steps towards financial reforms.

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Shanxi governor vows to go down coal mines often to promote safety

8 Mar 2013

Princeling Shanxi Governor Li Xiaopeng pledged yesterday to venture down coal pits often to promote mine safety. At his first press conference to include overseas reporters since he became...

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8 Mar 2013

You can't choose Basic Law clauses you like while ignoring others you dislike

Rao Geping ties universal suffrage to passage of national security laws

I will still go down to...

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Briefs, January 30, 2013

30 Jan 2013

Reform and opening up are essential to Tibet's prosperity, the new chairman of the autonomous region said yesterday. Losang Gyaltsen, a former mayor of Lhasa, once taught Marxist theory, according...

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Calls for governor Li Xiaopeng to resign after second Shanxi disaster cover-up

7 Jan 2013

The Shanxi government has come under fire for covering up another industrial disaster - this time a toxic chemical spill that has contaminated drinking water for hundreds of thousands of residents...

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I'll investigate killer blast cover-up, pledges acting Shanxi governor

2 Jan 2013

Shanxi's acting governor, Li Xiaopeng, has visited the city where eight construction workers were killed on Christmas Day and promised a thorough investigation amid calls that he should be held...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Briefs, January 1, 2013

Taiwan plans to complete the first stage of a project to upgrade its fighter jet force by the end of 2013, in an effort to maintain a credible deterrent against the mainland into the 2030s. Some...

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Li Peng's son, Li Xiaopeng, appointed acting governor of Shanxi

Li Xiaopeng, who only just scraped into alternate membership of the Communist Party's Central Committee last month, has been appointed acting governor of Shanxi province, a promotion widely seen...

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I will be forever a primary school student, to learn from the masses, from the grass roots

New Shanxi governor Li Xiaopeng, son of former premier Li Peng

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Ex-premier Li Peng's son wins fewest votes

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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Sighs, screams and hearts aflutter for star gymnasts

It has been almost a decade since I last was a diehard fan chasing stars but, at yesterday's demonstration by China's gold-medal-winning gymnasts, that old familiar feeling came back - my heart...

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Volleyballers keep dream alive

China clung to their hopes of retaining their Olympic volleyball title last night after crushing arch-rivals Russia 3-0 to advance to the semi-finals.

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