Day: October 23, 2022

China G.D.P. Data Is Unexpectedly Released After Delay

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China’s economy began to show faint signs of recovery in the last three months after stalling earlier this year, according to data released on Monday after a six-day delay during the Communist Party’s national congress. The country’s economic output was 3.9 percent higher from July through September than during the same months last year. The modest rebound in activity exceeded the expectations of Western economists, who had estimated growth of a little over 3 percent. The composition of the growth, however, was not entirely what China’s leaders have sought. While…

Who is Li Qiang, the man poised to become China’s next premier?

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Before the start of the 20th party congress this week, few people outside China had heard of Li Qiang, let alone that he was about to become China’s second most powerful leader. It was not until Sunday, when the Communist party chief of Shanghai followed Xi Jinping on to the stage at the Great Hall of the People, that it became obvious that the 63-year-old has been anointed as the second-ranking Politburo Standing Committee member. He is also poised to become China’s next premier at the annual legislative session in…

Xi Jinping Now Holds Near-Absolute Power in China, Creating Risks

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When China’s leader, Xi Jinping, led six dark-suited men onto a bright red stage on Sunday, the scale of his victory became clear as one by one he introduced the country’s new ruling inner circle. Each was an acolyte of Mr. Xi, making his grip over China’s future tighter than ever. Mr. Xi’s groundbreaking third term as leader, following a weeklong Communist Party congress, was entirely expected. But even seasoned observers who thought that they had taken the full measure of Mr. Xi have been astonished by how thoroughly he…

Xi Jinping leaves no doubt who is in charge of China

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THE CHOREOGRAPHY of the Chinese Communist Party’s five-yearly congress has hardly changed in recent decades. It begins with the party chief delivering a stodgy, often impenetrable report to the 2,300 or so party delegates present. During the week these delegates echo their leader’s views and vote for a new Central Committee, a body comprising about 370 high-ranking officials, military commanders and other grandees. It all ends with a big reveal of the party’s apex decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee. All in all, it is a rather dull affair. This…

China’s Xi Expands Powers, Promotes Allies

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Advertisement President Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader in decades, increased his dominance Sunday when he was named to another term as head of the ruling Communist Party in a break with tradition and promoted allies who support his vision of tighter control over society and the struggling economy. Xi, who took power in 2012, was awarded a third five-year term as general secretary, discarding a custom under which his predecessor left after 10 years. The 69-year-old leader is expected by some to try to stay in power for life.…

China’s leader Xi Jinping secures third term and stacks inner circle with loyalists

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Xi Jinping has been confirmed as leader of China for a precedent-breaking third term, after a week-long political meeting eliminated key rivals and strengthened his political power. The 20th Party Congress, the most important meeting of the ruling Chinese Communist party five-year political cycle, saw about 2,400 delegates gather in Beijing to rubber-stamp major reshuffles and constitutional changes before its official close on Saturday. At a press event on Sunday, seven key Xi loyalists were revealed as members of China’s most powerful political body, the politburo standing committee (PSC), as…

China’s military: who are the top decision makers for the world’s biggest standing army?

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Abbreviations CCDI: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection CCP: Chinese Communist Party CMC: Central Military Commission CPPCC: Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CYL: Communist Youth League NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission NPC: National People’s Congress PLA: People’s Liberation Army PRC: People’s Republic of China PSC: Politburo Standing Committee South China Morning Post

China’s 20th Politburo and Standing Committee: members and new faces

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<!– *Reached retirement age or moved to ceremonial post –> Abbreviations CCDI: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection CCP: Chinese Communist Party CMC: Central Military Commission CPPCC: Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference CYL: Communist Youth League NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission NPC: National People’s Congress PLA: People’s Liberation Army PRC: People’s Republic of China PSC: Politburo Standing Committee South China Morning Post

Xi Jinping’s party is just getting started

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Today Xi Jinping became the first leader since Mao to be chosen as party chief for a third term. In his decade at the top, he has centralised power in his own hands, ruthlessly eliminated rivals, promoted a cult of personality, shut down criticism, and had his ideology – Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era – enshrined in the constitution. He is known, only half-jokingly, as the Chairman of Everything. BBC