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Chinese state television lionises Xi Jinping’s father in 39-part serialised drama

The historical series, Time in the Northwest, chronicles the life of Xi Zhongxun from peasant roots to Communist revolutionary in China

The Guardian - UK

Questions swirl around Xi’s motives after a second top minister disappears in China

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than two weeks. The disappearance of this top official close to President Xi Jinping comes two months after that of now-former foreign affairs minister Qin Gang, and follows the dismissal of a pair of influential military generals.…

France 24

Ahead of Xi meeting, Macron warns against shunning China

French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must resist reducing trade and diplomatic ties with China as he began a state visit on Wednesday, seeking to refute any sense there was an "inescapable spiral" of tension between Beijing and the West.

Reuters

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‘A defeated person’: sidelined by Xi, China’s Li Keqiang bows out as premier

Hopes that Li would be a liberal reformer were curbed by Xi Jinping as the president became more and more powerful

The Guardian - UK

How Xi Jinping's past helps explain the China of today

The Chinese leader may be one of the most powerful people in the world, but how did he get there? And what makes him tick?

ABC News

China's lockdown protests and rising COVID leave Xi Jinping with '2 bad options'

Extraordinary street protests in some Chinese cities and campuses over the weekend put Xi Jinping's controversial approach to the pandemic under the spotlight.

WEKU

China: echoes of authoritarian past as Xi Jinping cements his place at the heart of a Communist Party now entirely built around him

It has been suggested that the removal of Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping’s predecessor, from the closing ceremony of the 20th Communist Party congress could overshadow all other news from Beijing during the past week. Was there a health reason for this dramatic development – or was it a live purge,…

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Xi Cements His Power at Chinese Communist Party Congress – But He Is Still Exposed on the Economy

With a collapsing real estate sector weighing on a stretched banking system, the economy is Xi’s vulnerability.

The News Lens

Who are the men now ruling China? Meet the members of Xi Jinping's powerful Politburo Standing Committee

Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled his seven-member Politburo Standing Committee after securing a third term as party leader on Sunday. This is what we know about the seven men on the country's highest decision-making body.

ABC News

Li Xi gets graft-busting role on China's new Standing Committee

Li Xi, the Communist Party chief of the economic powerhouse Guangdong province, assumed two new titles on Sunday when he was elevated to the elite Politburo Standing Committee and put in charge of the party's influential graft-busting body.

Reuters

Xi cements his power at Chinese Communist Party congress – but he is still exposed on the economy

Xi Jinping’s clean sweep in elevating trusted allies to the commanding heights of the Chinese Communist Party is a political outcome that has implications beyond China’s borders.

The Conversation

Who’s on China’s new Politburo Standing Committee?

The elite committee was appointed following a week-long Congress of the governing party.

Al Jazeera

Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s Rise and Rule

Chinese President Xi Jinping, the son of a communist revolutionary leader, was a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial chief who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago. On Sunday, China's 69-year-old leader secured a widely expected third term as general secretary of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and rule

Chinese President Xi Jinping, the son of a communist revolutionary, was a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial chief who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago

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The Guardian - UK

Xi Jinping: from ‘counter-revolutionary’ to absolute power

Born into the Communist party elite and shaped by the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese president stands on the brink of securing historic power

WEKU

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.

ABC News

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.

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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The relentless rise of Xi Jinping: From an exiled prince to China's potentially permanent ruler

From the son of a respected China reformer to the permanent leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has reshaped China's domestic politics and international orders in the past decade, with experts predicting a more dominating and aggressive China in the next five years.

The Independent UK

Xi’s power in China grows after unforeseen rise to dominance

When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be

The Guardian - UK

Think Putin is a global threat? Then we need to talk about Xi Jinping

The Chinese dictator is reversing the reforms of his predecessors

ABC News

Xi Jinping seeks his third term leading the Chinese Communist Party, while Li Keqiang retires after a decade in his shadow

With the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party just around the corner, Xi Jinping is seeking a third term. But the second-most powerful man in China is staring down the barrel of retirement, after a decade in Xi's shadow.

The News Lens

What Overseas Chinese Citizens Make Of Xi Jinping’s Resignation Rumours

Some say the rumors are meant to spread a false hope that the CCP could solve the legitimacy crisis of the authoritative political system.

The Guardian - UK

China-Russian relations carry deep memories of mutual respect... and scorn

As the world awaits Beijing’s response to the Ukraine war, history shows its reaction could be complicated

The Independent UK

President Xi Jinping, China's 'chairman of everything'

The last time the Olympics came to China, Xi Jinping oversaw the whole endeavor

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