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China's Two Sessions 2018: All Articles

China's Two Sessions 2018: All Articles
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Top diplomat and Politburo member Yang Jiechi expected to head up new consolidated department for overseas relations
China's Two Sessions 2018

Exclusive | The shake-up that signals China's push for a greater global role

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Insurance

China lowers ownership caps to prevent freewheeling insurers

China's Two Sessions 2018

Tech entrepreneurs dominate as China’s political advisers in IT push

China stock market

China’s market bump may arrive two weeks after ‘Two Sessions’ end

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A brokerage in Beijing. The China stock market has only recorded one genuine ‘Two Sessions’ rally in the past five years, in 2015. Photo: Reuters
China's Two Sessions 2018

New team in Beijing set to ramp up pressure on Taiwan

China's Two Sessions 2018

Is China headed for a diplomatic crisis of its own making?

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China's Two Sessions 2018

How changing seasons can mean life or death for some in China

The annual suffering of asthma patients in Xian underscores the scale of the challenge Xi Jinping faces in cleaning up the skies

The annual suffering of asthma patients in Xian underscores the scale of the challenge Xi Jinping faces in cleaning up the skies
China economy

So who’s really in charge at China’s central bank?

China economy

Meet the finance chief set to become China’s very own Robin Hood

China's Two Sessions 2018

China’s new constitution befits a nation on the rise

The latest amendments, of which the controversial removal of presidential term limits was one, show a newly confident nation following its own path.

President Xi Jinping walks to deliver his speech at the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 20. Photo: Reuters
China's presidential term limit

Does Xi Jinping really want to be Chinese president for life?

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Xi Jinping has become China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Photo: Xinhua
China's Two Sessions 2018

China’s security commission given extra powers in shake-up

China's Two Sessions 2018

China unveils bold overhaul to tighten Communist Party control

Hong Kong Basic Law

Hong Kong’s new top Basic Law official is bureaucrat Shen Chunyao

The 57-year-old was involved in drafting recent changes to China’s constitution, and his appointment could signal greater scrutiny of whether Hong Kong laws are aligned with the national constitution

Shen Chunyao is the new head of the Basic Law committees in Hong Kong and Macau. Photo: Simon Song
China leadership

It’s the covert unit behind China’s growing global influence. And it’s getting bigger

The new role for the United Front Work Department is part of a restructuring designed to strengthen the party’s control. Photo: Xinhua
China's Two Sessions 2018

Xi tries to rally support for Chinese dream in nationalist speech

China's Two Sessions 2018

Beijing plans to merge state media outlets as it tightens control

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China will push ahead ‘resolutely’ with financial sector fight

Premier Li Keqiang is shown on a large screen as he speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: AP
China's Two Sessions 2018

China vows to end forced tech transfers in manufacturing sector

China's Two Sessions 2018

China ‘no threat’ to other nations, Xi says in veiled jab at US

China's Two Sessions 2018

China rejects claims it is trying to buy global influence

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that the assistance China provided to underdeveloped nations came “without any political conditions”. Photo: AFP
China's Two Sessions 2018

Six key points from Xi’s speech wrapping up national congress

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his closing address at the National People’s Congress. Photo: AP
China's Two Sessions 2018

Putin, North Korea and a US trade war - Chinese Premier’s closing speech for Two Sessions

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China's Two Sessions 2018

Xi says China will ‘crush any attempt to separate our country’

China's Two Sessions 2018

Man once ‘most likely’ to replace Xi Jinping named as a vice-premier

Hu Chunhua, one of China’s four newly elected vice-premiers, was once considered the person most likely to succeed Xi Jinping as president. Photo: EPA-EFE
China's Two Sessions 2018

The big unanswered questions from China’s political event of the year

Much has also been left unsaid on overhauls to financial regulation and foreign affairs decision-making
China's Two Sessions 2018

Meet the men China expects to unknot ties with the United States

China's Two Sessions 2018

Can this new dream team propel China’s US$12 trillion economy?

As China seeks to boost its profile on the world stage, officials with overseas experience are regarded as valuable assets, as was showed when Liu was sent to US to help ease trade tensions between the two economic giants.

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China economy

Liu He: China’s new one-man debt bomb disposal unit

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Liu He appointment as vice-premier also brings with it a heavy responsibility – to defuse China’s debt bomb. Photo: Bloomberg
Liu He appointment as vice-premier also brings with it a heavy responsibility – to defuse China’s debt bomb. Photo: Bloomberg
China economy

‘China’s Alan Greenspan’ steps down as central bank chief

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Here are the hot topics for business titans at China’s political meeting

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China's Two Sessions 2018

China’s foreign minister gains power in new post as state councillor

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers questions from reporters during a press conference in Beijing earlier this month. Photo: Kyodo