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China says foreign press welcome, despite speech exclusionsOctober 26, 2017BEIJING--Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday told foreign journalists to roam the country and report more, even as five global news organizations found themselves without invitations to cover his
No crack in glass ceiling as China’s new leadership leaves out womenOctober 26, 2017BEIJING--Every time China's ruling Communist Party convenes a major gathering, like the congress that just ended in Beijing, the list of delegates is hand-crafted in part to burnish the party's image as
North’s Kim sends congratulations to China’s Xi after congress endsOctober 26, 2017SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a rare congratulatory message to China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, the North's state media said on Thursday, wishing the Chinese leader "great success"
Trump on Xi: ‘Now some people might call him the king of China’October 26, 2017WASHINGTON--U. S. President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, congratulating Xi on beginning a second, five-year term as leader. China's ruling Communist Party this week formally
No obvious Xi successor in new leadership, contenders droppedOctober 25, 2017BEIJING--China's Communist Party revealed its new leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor to the president among the
Lineup of China’s new Communist Party leadershipOctober 25, 2017BEIJING--Key members of China's Communist Party were determined at the national congress, which is held every five years and concluded this week. On Wednesday, members of the party's highest body, the Politburo
China’s Xi given 2nd 5-year term as Communist Party leaderOctober 25, 2017BEIJING--Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday unveiled the lineup of the ruling Communist Party's highest body who will rule alongside him as he embarks on a second five-year term as party leader. As
China says it has freed Swedish bookseller, but no contact madeOctober 25, 2017STOCKHOLM/BEIJING--A Swedish bookseller detained in China after publishing books on the personal lives of President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party leaders has been released, Chinese authorities said
Pressure on as Xi’s ‘Belt and Road’ enshrined in party charterOctober 25, 2017SHANGHAI--Chinese President Xi Jinping's vast "Belt and Road" infrastructure project was unexpectedly included in the ruling Communist Party's Constitution on Tuesday, giving it greater policy heft and
China’s Entrepreneurs Squirm Under Xi’s Tightening GripOctober 24, 2017BEIJING--Guo Junwen was a successful property developer in southwestern China when authorities threw him behind bars three years ago on charges involving land use and seized his business. Now free, Guo--who
Successor to Xi? China Will WaitOctober 24, 2017BEIJING--When President Xi Jinping of China walks into the Great Hall of the People this week to reveal the team of leaders who will help him rule China for the next half decade, all eyes will be on whether
Xi worshippers hit streets of Beijing with songs of praiseOctober 24, 2017BEIJING--A citizens’ group singing songs heaping lavish praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping has been performing in parks throughout the city, where the Communist Party National Congress was held through
Xi’s name added to Chinese Communist Party ConstitutionOctober 24, 2017BEIJING--China's ruling Communist Party moved Tuesday to confirm Xi Jinping's rise to becoming the country's most powerful leader in decades by amending its Constitution to add his name and ideology. Xi's
Hong Kong activists freed on bail pending appealOctober 24, 2017HONG KONG--Hong Kong's highest court freed pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law on bail Tuesday pending an appeal of their prison sentences after they were convicted of sparking massive protests
In Beijing visit, Trump to press China on North Korea, tradeOctober 24, 2017WASHINGTON--U. S. President Donald Trump will urge President Xi Jinping to make good on his commitments to pressure North Korea when he visits China next month, a senior White House official said on Monday,
Xi Jinping Pushes China’s Global Rise Despite Friction and FearOctober 23, 2017BEIJING--No part of the world seems too small, too near or too far for China’s globe-trotting president, Xi Jinping. He has traveled to the tiny Pacific islands of Fiji, toured the neighboring nations
Chinese propaganda faces stiff competition from celebritiesOctober 22, 2017HONG KONG--When the propaganda film, "The Founding of an Army," hit theaters in China recently, the reaction wasn't quite what the ruling Communist Party might have hoped for. Instead of inspiring an outpouring
China still on track to hit growth target despite winter smog warOctober 21, 2017BEIJING--China's economy is on track to meet its official growth target for 2017, the head of the state planning agency said on Saturday, despite a punishing war on pollution which is expected to slash
China says no excuses for foreign officials meeting Dalai LamaOctober 21, 2017BEIJING--Foreign leaders can't think they can get away with meeting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama just because they are doing it in a personal capacity, as they still represent their government,
China official says of Rohingya crisis foreign interference doesn't workOctober 21, 2017BEIJING--Experience shows that foreign interference in crises does not work and China supports the Myanmar government's efforts to protect stability, a senior Chinese official said on Saturday, amid ongoing
China's Communist Party says still talking to N. Korean counterpartOctober 21, 2017
Chinese power over North Korea? It's more myth than realityOctober 21, 2017
U.N. panel urges China to release and compensate 3 activistsOctober 21, 2017
Trump expected to pressure China's Xi to rein in North KoreaOctober 21, 2017
Make China Great Again! Xi leads China into muscular new eraOctober 20, 2017
What a Shifting Vocabulary Reveals About China’s FutureOctober 20, 2017
Want to Clap for Xi Jinping’s Speech? Use Your SmartphoneOctober 20, 2017
Forget Marx and Mao. Chinese City Honors Once-Banned Confucian.October 19, 2017
China’s economic growth stays stable as ruling party meetsOctober 19, 2017
Long speech, lots of tea: party meeting with Chinese characteristicsOctober 19, 2017

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