Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping was elected to be the General Secretary of the Chinese Communisty Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission in18th Party Congress in 2012, replacing Hu Jintao as the paramount leader of China. 59-year-old Xi is set to become President of China in March 2013. Xi is son of a veteran leader of communist party. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1979 with a degree in engineering.

Xi Jinping

3 Oct 2012

General Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee, Vice President of the PRC, Chairman of the Central Military Commission

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Xi Jinping makes surprise visit to Sichuan towns recovering from earthquake

22 May 2013

President Xi Jinping yesterday visited areas of Sichuan hit hardest by last month's magnitude 7 earthquake, meeting survivors and inspecting reconstruction work at a Hong Kong-funded school...

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President Xi to have two days of talks with Barack Obama in California next month

21 May 2013

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in New Delhi the leaders would discuss an "overall plan for the future of bilateral relations" on June 7 and 8. It will be their first face-to-face encounter since Xi...

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Xi Jinping's 'emotional intelligence' comments spark debate

21 May 2013

It’s not your educational background, integrity, experience, or people you know that matters. What it takes to be a good communist leader is “emotional intelligence”, or EQ, says Chinese President...

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Xi Jinping to meet US President Obama in California in June

21 May 2013

US President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with President Xi Jinping in California next month, with Sino-US relations rattled by alleged Chinese cyber spying and tensions in the Pacific...

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China news round-up: Xi Jinping to focus on job creation, police beat Tibetan monk to death

15 May 2013

Politics
Global Times
President Xi Jinping stresses creating jobs as paramount task.
Southern Metropolis Daily*

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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President Xi Jinping aims to reassure students at jobs fair in Tianjin

President Xi Jinping yesterday met hundreds of soon-to-be university graduates at a job fair in Tianjin , in what was viewed as a sign of concern among national leaders for nearly 7 million...

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Global-scale tax probe has local reach

In possibly the biggest tax investigation in history, Britain, US and Australia have launched a joint global investigation into tax evasion through offshore havens, the governments of the three...

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Xi urges Netanyahu to re-start Middle East peace talks

China’s President Xi Jinping urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to restart peace talks with the Palestinians as soon as possible, days after he tried to convince Palestinian leader...

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WHO SAID IT?

Who said it?

Mainland people going to Hong Kong to buy milk powder is a very strange thing. Will people have to go buy air or even water in Hong Kong in future?

Artist Ai Weiwei

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Netanyahu meets Xi Jinping in Beijing

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, during a five day visit that the newly installed Chinese leader said had already “yielded rich fruits...

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To dream the un-Chinese dream

It's either a sad reflection on today's China or an example of its increasing freedom of movement, but a growing number of Chinese plan to leave the country. That's their dream - to start a new...

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