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China's 20th Communist Party Congress: What you need to know

China's 20th Communist Party Congress began on Sunday, with Xi Jinping poised to clinch his third five-year stint in charge - a mandate that would secure him as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong.

Reuters

For China's women, this week's Congress is unlikely to mean progress

As Xi Jinping consolidates power at China's 20th Communist Party Congress this week, Chinese women are not holding their breath for progress in gender equality.

Reuters

UK to issue ‘threat alert’ over China’s attempts to recruit RAF pilots

Former and serving pilots told not to disclose sensitive information, in attempt to ‘mitigate risk’ of schemes

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What the eclipse of Tencent by a liquor company says about Xi’s China

Kweichow Moutai has overtaken the tech group in market capitalisation thanks to the whims of one man

Financial Times

Fears Xi Jinping flaunting 'collective prosperity' in CCP Congress speech, signalling further winding back of economic reforms

Certain words have been singled out as experts dissect the meaning behind Chinese President Xi Jinping's "work report" speech to the CCP's 20th National Congress, where he is vying for an unprecedented third term.

ABC News

US-India ties too important to be neglected

The upcoming joint military exercise between the US-India known as War Practice, in a high-altitude area less than 100 kilometres from India's border with China, highlights the partnership's growing strategic importance. India holds more annual military drills with the US than any other country, as the two powers seek to…

Bangkok Post

US plans for Indo-Pacific 'misguided'

To ensure a free, open, prosperous, and secure world, the United States must be the winner in the race for global supremacy. For the US, the biggest challenge now is to compete with China, while at the same time containing Russia. That was the key message of the US' national…

Bangkok Post

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Asian stocks fall as fears of global recession keep rising

Asian stock markets slipped yesterday as recession fears mounted over expectations of a further tightening in global monetary policies, days after China's Communist Party sent the world a defiant message.

Bangkok Post

Urgent threat alert after China hires British ex-fighter pilots on £240,000 pay

The former pilots, many aged in their 50s, are believed to be on salaries of up to £240,000 per year and have experience flying Typhoons, Jaguars, Harriers and Tornados

Daily Mirror

Daqo Lines Up Big New Buyer Ahead of Massive Expansion

Key Takeaways: Daqo New Energy has signed an agreement to sell 150,300 metric tons of polysilicon to a Chinese polysilicon wafer maker producer over the next five years Daqo and its global peers are currently adding major new capacity that will start to come onstream next year By Doug Young

Benzinga

No stopping Xi? China's leadership to further bolster president's powers

A strongman who is stronger than ever, or is this the point where Xi Jinping goes too far? A third term for China's president is sure to be a rubber stamped at a 20th Communist Party Congress that will further cement his stature as the most powerful Chinese leader since…

France 24

EU should treat China more as a competitor, says diplomat chief

The European Union should recognise China even more as a competitor and reduce its economic dependency, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday, as the bloc looks to fine-tune relations with Beijing.

Reuters

As Xi Jinping made a bid for power, his charismatic rival Bo Xilai loomed. Then came a murder in a hotel room

As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.

ABC News

Chinese Stocks Jump Following Xi's Bullish Comments On Tech, Emphasis On Supporting Market

The iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSE: FXI) jumped Monday morning after China's President Xi Jinping delivered a spe

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The Guardian - UK

Consulate attack in UK reflects China’s aggressive foreign policy, analysts say

Assault on protester in Manchester is seen as being consistent with Beijing’s hawkish rhetoric of recent years

Newsroom.co.nz

Behind the mask: Zero-Covid China must look to outside world for investment

As NZ officially moves out of epidemic status this week, President Xi Jinping has doubled down on China's zero-Covid strategy. Prof Siah Hwee Ang examines what this means for trade.

Radio France Internationale

Is the Communist party's old guard tiring of Xi's iron grip on China?

By rooting out his opponents through merciless "anti-corruption" campaigns and supressing all forms of criticism, Chinese leader Xi Jinping now seems to be untouchable. Thousands of delegates are set to rubber-stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term as they meet for the five-yearly Congress. But between the…

The Times of India

Raghuram Rajan explains why India should not follow China's economic model

NEW DELHI: Encouraging India to adopt a services-led export model, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said that following China's manufacturing-led export path would have been detrimental to world economy.

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The Conversation

China: Xi Jinping poised for a third term with no plans to relinquish power any time soon

It is a certainty that the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will be confirmed in office at the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, currently being held in Beijing. At 69, Xi is also tipped to become the CCP chairman.

Axios

Masters and Vance campaigns not defined by their business backgrounds

Blake Masters and J.D. Vance have spent years as venture capitalists. But voters may not know that.

France 24

Women hit the political glass ceiling at China’s Communist Party Congress

Sun Chunlan, China’s “Iron Lady” and the only woman in the ruling party’s Politburo, is due to step down from her post at the 20th Communist Party Congress this week. There’s no guarantee that another woman will succeed her, providing yet another example of the systemic under-representation of Chinese women…

Bangkok Post

Xi’s fiery Taiwan rhetoric raises risk of war in his third term

President Xi Jinping proclaimed on Sunday that Taiwan’s status should be “settled by Chinese people”. Yet he faces a tricky balancing act managing public opinion among China’s 1.4 billion people on an issue that looks set to dominate his third term.

Reuters

German spy chief: 'Russia is the storm, China is climate change'

Germany's intelligence service chiefs warned on Monday that China could use stakes in critical infrastructure as leverage to pursue political aims amid a debate in Berlin over whether to let Chinese shipping company Cosco invest in Hamburg port.

Axios

China's shifting economic storyline

A precedent-defying third term won't be based on the same kind of growth that's defined the world economy for decades.

The Independent UK

China party says nearly 5 million members probed for graft

China's ruling Communist Party says it has probed almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553

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