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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

China quake death toll rises to 74

China has reopened roads leading to the epicentre of Monday’s 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan and traffic has
7 September 2022

China earthquake toll rises to 66

Chinese firefighters worked in treacherous terrain yesterday to help evacuate more than 11,000 people after a magnitude-6.8 quake struck China’s mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan a day earlier, killing at least 66 people.
6 September 2022

China accuses US of ‘tens of thousands’ of cyberattacks

Beijing yesterday accused the United States of launching “tens of thousands” of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data, including from a public research university.
5 September 2022

30 people killed in southwest China

At least 30 people were killed when a strong earthquake struck southwestern China yesterday, state media reported, as violent tremors in a remote region damaged homes and left some areas without electricity.
5 September 2022

China’s No. 3 leader to visit Russia

China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported yesterday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
4 September 2022

2 Chinese fighter jets crosses median line of Taiwan Strait

Two Chinese fighter jets crossed on Sunday the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which normally acts as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan's defence ministry said, as Beijing continues its military activities near the island.
4 September 2022