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Factbox-China's new elite Communist Party 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.

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Xi Secures Historic Third Term as China's Leader

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. The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year…

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China's Xi expands powers, promotes allies

President Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader in decades, has increased his dominance after he was named to another term as head of the ruling Communist Party

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China central bank head likely to step down amid reshuffle

China's central bank chief Yi Gang is likely to step down after he was dropped from an elite body of the ruling Communist Party, with a former central banker a leading contender to succeed him, sources close to the central bank said.

Reuters

Factbox-China's Communist Party amends its charter, strengthens Xi power

China's ruling Communist Party amended its constitution on Saturday, further cementing President Xi Jinping's power ahead of what is expected to be his precedent-breaking third term as party general secretary.

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China's Communist Party moves to solidify Xi Jinping's power in leadership shuffle

Two notable members were removed from the upper leadership ranks. The congress also approved the addition of new wording to the party charter that cements Xi's role as the so-called core of the party.

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Factbox-Who's in, who's out of China's new party Central Committee

Over 2,000 delegates to a twice-a-decade congress of China's ruling Communist Party in Beijing elected a new 205-person Central Committee on Saturday that will set the course of Chinese policymaking for the next five years.

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Chinese Ex-President Hu Jintao Escorted Out Of Communist Party Congress

Hu, 79, Xi Jinping's immediate predecessor, was seated to the left of Xi. Read more on Dynamite News:

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China's Premier Li Keqiang left off new party Central Committee

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and three other members of the elite Politburo Standing Committee of the ruling Communist Party were excluded from the newly elected Central Committee on Saturday.

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Xi Jinping expands power, elevating loyalists, forcing out moderates

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, extended his formidable dominance on Saturday, advancing a contingent of Communist Party loyalists ready to defend his personal power and expand the state’s influence over the economy and on national security.

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Chinese ex-President Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress

Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday.

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China opens final session of ruling Communist Party congress

The closing session of a major weeklong meeting of China’s ruling Communist Party was underway Saturday

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Xi set to reveal China’s new senior leadership as Congress ends

Chinese president expected to be supported by the most loyal as he heads into an unprecedented third term.

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Asian shares mostly fall as investors watch for inflation

Asian shares are mostly lower in muted trading as investors eye inflation and await the outcome of a Communist Party congress in China

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As leaders meet, Chinese hope for end to 'zero-COVID' limits

China is doubling down on its at times draconian “zero-COVID” policies, even as the population may have wished for a hint at the Communist Party's congress that the rules would be eased

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The big reveal: Xi set to introduce China's next standing committee

Xi Jinping, poised to clinch a third five-year term as China's leader, will on Sunday preside over the most dramatic moment of the Communist Party's twice-a-decade congress and reveal the members of its elite Politburo Standing Committee.

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Two new books challenge the sense of inevitable permanence of the Chinese party state

China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower and Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s offer a look at the future of China's Communist Party.

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China sticks with zero-COVID as quarantine video causes outrage

The video that purportedly shows a seriously ill 16-year-old female being ignored at a quarantine centre has gone viral.

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Editorial: Responding to Xi's China

Addressing China's Communist Party's Congress on Sunday, President Xi Jinping told delegates at the twice-a-decade event to "Be mindful of dangers in the midst of peace. Get the house in good repair before rain comes, and prepare to undergo the major tests of winds and waves and even perilous, stormy…

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Fleeing Xi’s China, journalist makes fresh start abroad

Chinese investigative journalist Wang Zhi’an once exposed corruption, land seizures, and medical malpractice for state broadcaster CCTV

Reuters

Chinese capital steps up COVID measures as cases quadruple

China's capital, Beijing, has dialled up measures to stop COVID, strengthening public checks and locking down some residential compounds after a quadrupling of its case load in recent weeks, just as a key Communist Party congress entered full swing.

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China party congress offers look at future leaders

Xi Jinping is primed to receive a third five-year term as head of China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday

Reuters

Analysis-Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 - and China's Taiwan ambitions

Between China's 20th Communist Party Congress, that began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War Two in a race to deter Beijing from war in East Asia, according to Japanese government officials and security analysts.

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The Ukrainian filmmaker fighting on the cultural front line

For Sergiy Kulybyshev, making films in a time of war is critical to defending his country’s cultural identity.

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What Xi Jinping's decade in power means for people in China — in their own words

Xi Jinping has become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. NPR has been speaking with a broad range of Chinese people about the impact he has had. Here is what four of them had to say.

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