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China, US must ‘find ways to get along’

President Xi Jinping said China and the United States must “find ways to get along” to safeguard world peace and development, state media reported yesterday, as he embarks on his precedent-breaking third term in power.
27 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Xi secures 3rd term

Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China’s leader yesterday and filled his inner circle with close allies, achieving after a decade in power complete dominance over the ruling Communist Party.
23 October 2022, 18:00 PM

China’s Politburo Standing Committee: The leaders

The Chinese Communist Party yesterday unveiled its new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee headed by leader Xi Jinping. Here are the men who will rule Beijing for the next five years under Xi’s leadership, in order of seniority.
23 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Born elite, steeled by turmoil

When Xi Jinping took power in 2012, some observers predicted he would be the most liberal Communist Party leader in China’s history, based on his low-key profile, family backstory and perhaps a degree of misguided hope.
23 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Xi loyalists take key positions in Communist Party's new leadership

Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a third term as leader of China's ruling Communist Party and unveiled a seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, which he heads, that will determine the path of the country's development in the next five years.
23 October 2022, 13:37 PM

"World needs China": Xi after securing historic third term

Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China's leader on Sunday and promoted some of his closest Communist Party allies, cementing his position as the nation's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
23 October 2022, 05:24 AM

China communist party’s congress: Xi solidifies control

Chinese President Xi Jinping was all set for a historic third term in power as the Communist Party’s Congress ended yesterday, but the dramatic removal of his predecessor from the event stole the headlines.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Questions swirl as Hu Jintao escorted out of Great Hall

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in a dramatic moment that disrupted the highly choreographed event.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM

What you need to know

China’s Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday, approving amendments cementing Xi Jinping’s iron grip on the party and revealing a new Central Committee missing two key officials lacking close ties to the leader.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Xi Jinping hails China’s rise

President Xi Jinping hailed China’s rise as a global power and demanded unity around his leadership yesterday, launching a Communist Party Congress that is set to rubber stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term.
16 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Xi vows to promote green lifestyles

President Xi Jinping yesterday said China will give priority to environmental protection and promoting green lifestyles, and that the conservation of nature was an essential part of building a modern socialist country.
16 October 2022, 18:00 PM

China begins key CPC meet today

President Xi Jinping is expected to be handed a historic third term in control of China on October 23, it emerged yesterday, after a spokesman confirmed the Communist Party’s 20th Congress will end the previous day.
15 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Fish fossils offer clues to human evolution

Fish fossils dating back 440 million years are helping to “fill some of the key gaps” on how humans evolved from fish, researchers said on Wednesday.
29 September 2022, 18:00 PM

China celebrates National Day in Dhaka

The Chinese embassy in Bangladesh in collaboration with the foreign affairs office of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province and Yunnan Commercial Representative Office in Dhaka organised a programme to celebrate the 73rd National Day of the People’s Republic of China on Saturday. 
25 September 2022, 18:00 PM

China’s Communist Party has elected delegates for congress

China’s Communist Party said yesterday that it had elected all the delegates attending a key political meeting starting October 16, where President Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term.
25 September 2022, 18:00 PM

27 dead in China bus crash

A bus crash killed 27 people and injured a further 20 when the vehicle rolled over on a highway in southwest China's mountainous Guizhou province, local police said in a statement on Sunday.
18 September 2022, 07:33 AM

China reports first imported monkeypox case

The Chinese city of Chongqing reported one case of the monkeypox virus infection on Friday in an individual who arrived from abroad, marking mainland China's first known monkeypox infection amid the recent global outbreak of the virus.
17 September 2022, 05:55 AM

China to sanction Boeing Defense, Raytheon CEOs over Taiwan sales

China will impose sanctions on the CEOs of Boeing Defense and Raytheon over their involvement in Washington's latest arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
16 September 2022, 09:47 AM

Typhoon lashes China

High winds and heavy rain lashed China’s densely populated east coast yesterday after Typhoon Muifa forced around 1.6 million people to leave their homes
15 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Beijing for ‘more just’ world order

China is willing to shape the international order together with Russia in a “more just and rational direction”, a senior Chinese diplomat said as the two countries’ leaders prepare to meet this week.
13 September 2022, 18:00 PM