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China's Two Sessions 2018

China's Two Sessions 2018
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China’s Central Politics and Law Commission is headed by Guo Shengkun (centre), who is a member of both the Politburo and the party’s Central Committee Secretariat. Photo: AFP
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

China leadership

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

China's Two Sessions 2018

Xi tries to rally support for Chinese dream in nationalist speech

Xi Jinping (centre) sent a strong nationalist message in his closing speech to the National People’s Congress on Tuesday. Photo: Kyodo
China's Two Sessions 2018

China will push ahead ‘resolutely’ with financial sector fight

China's Two Sessions 2018

Beijing plans to merge state media outlets as it tightens control

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China's Two Sessions 2018

China vows to end forced tech transfers in manufacturing sector

Premier Li Keqiang said China would protect intellectual property. Photo: Reuters
China's Two Sessions 2018

China rejects claims it is trying to buy global influence

China's Two Sessions 2018

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

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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Putin, North Korea and a US trade war - Li Keqiang's press conference to close Two Sessions as it unfolded

Why ‘relaxing’ meetings in Beijing are thing of the past for local delegates

Those appointed to the country’s top political advisory body will now have to prove they are putting the work in, Standing Committee Jonathan Choi Koon-shum says.

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Those appointed to the country’s top political advisory body will now have to prove they are putting the work in, Standing Committee member Jonathan Choi Koon-shum says
China's Two Sessions 2018

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

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

China economy

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

The bank will now have a double-headed leadership structure. Photo: Bloomberg
City Beat

City Beat | Are loving China and the Communist Party the same thing?

A veteran pro-establishment figure warned that those calling for an end to one-party rule might risk their future political career locally, raising legal issues requiring further clarification.

Attendants at the annual meeting of the National People's Congress in Beijing. Photo: AP
China economy

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

Election ban talk is not official statement, Beijing envoy says

Zhang Xiaoming, director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, weighs in on Tam Yiu-chung’s comments

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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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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

China's Two Sessions 2018

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Premier Li Keqiang made thinly veiled jabs at US President Donald Trump in their closing speeches at the National People’s Congress in Beijing. Photo: AFP

Video | Highlights from Li Keqiang’s Two Sessions closing press conference

Highlights from Li Keqiang’s Two Sessions closing press conference
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Xi Jinping

Video | Highlights from Xi’s closing speech to National People’s Congress

Xi Jinping

Video | Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s place in the world

Macau

Xi Jinping vows to strengthen national identity in Hong Kong and Macau

In closing speech at NPC’s annual congress, Chinese president pledges to support integration of both cities into national development strategies

In closing speech at NPC’s annual congress, Chinese president pledges to support integration of both cities into national development strategies
China's Two Sessions 2018

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

Xi Jinping addressing the closing ceremony. Photo: Simon Song
China's Two Sessions 2018

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

China's Two Sessions 2018

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

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