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China warns of fragmented supply chains as trade tensions grow

Beijing, a dominant supplier, has retaliated against potential restrictions with export controls. While China attributes its competitiveness to its vast market and industrial chains, escalating trade tensions coincide with growing economic stress domestically, despite some temporary buffers.

The Economic Times

From crisis to hope, the Amazon’s call for climate justice defines Cop30

From rising seas to raging floods, global leaders in Belem are confronting the human cost of climate change – and the chance to chart a fairer future.

Radio France Internationale

China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States

China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countries

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Davos day one: German chancellor Scholz says Putin must not win Ukraine war, as Greenpeace protesters disrupt WEF – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos

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UK’s Lammy visits China for ‘pragmatic’ reset of strained relations

Foreign secretary’s visit aims to shore up trade ties while challenging Beijing on support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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British Foreign Secretary Visits China To Reset Relations

UK's foreign secretary visits China to address political, economic, and human rights issues, aiming to improve relations.

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The U.S. has sanctioned 18 Chinese fabs, dozens remain in white zone

The U.S. government approves shipments of wafer fab equipment to many Chinese fabs, other are banned. Question is, can those tools be installed in banned fabs?

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Xi Jinping's show: Who's who in China's new government

China has put the finishing touches on a sweeping leadership reshuffle that has been years in the making and puts trusted allies of leader Xi Jinping in key spots throughout the administration.

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Loyal and experienced, China's other top leaders take posts

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee are taking up their new portfolios

The Independent UK

China's other top leaders bring loyalty to Xi, experience

Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, handling major portfolios from propaganda to corruption fighting

The Independent UK

President Xi Jinping: Who could replace him and what might it mean for the world

Disapproval of the leader is spreading as the population becomes angered by China's strict zero-Covid policy

Wales Online

Analysis-China's newly empowered Xi faces a daunting to-do list

China's Xi Jinping kicks off his third leadership term with more power than ever, but a mountain of problems to tackle, from a dismal economy to his own COVID-19 policy that has backed the country into a corner, and deteriorating ties with the West.

Reuters

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

Ding Xuexiang: from Xi staff chief to ruling elite

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday made his chief of staff, Ding Xuexiang, one of the most powerful men in China, in a move party watchers say underscores the importance Xi puts on trust and loyalty.

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Who’s who in Xi Jinping’s China as leader cements power

An introduction to loyal Xi acolytes on politburo standing committee who will now shape Xi’s vision for China

Al Jazeera

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

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

The Independent UK

A look at the 7 men slated to lead China's Communist Party

China's ruling Communist Party has appointed a new all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, led by General Secretary Xi Jinping, who is serving a precedent-breaking third five-year term as party head

Reuters

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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China's Xi clinches third term, packs leadership with loyalists

China's Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.

Reuters

China's Communist Party leadership reshuffle: what to look for

China's ruling Communist Party will reshuffle its leadership when it holds a once-in-five-years Congress starting Oct 16, with Xi Jinping widely expected to stay on for a third term as general secretary, China's senior-most position.

Benzinga

Xi Jinping's Cabinet Headed For Biggest Reshuffle In New Term — Names To Watch

Xi Jinping is poised to clinch a third five-year leadership term for himself, but his cabinet is expected to see the biggest reshuffle at China's 20th Communist Party Congress.

Reuters

Factbox-China's 20th Communist Party Congress: who could be in Xi's new team?

China's Xi Jinping is widely expected to clinch a third five-year leadership at the upcoming congress of the ruling Communist Party, a mandate that would secure his stature as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong.

Reuters

Ding Xuexiang: from Shanghai party cadre to Xi gatekeeper

When Xi Jinping left China for the first time in more than two years to visit Central Asia last month, his entourage included a familiar face from domestic trips.

Reuters

China's Communist Party leadership reshuffle: what to look for

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Xi's possible successors could rise during party congress

BEIJING -- Who will be chosen to serve on China's Politburo Standing Committee with President Xi Jinping? The decisions will be made during the Chinese Communist Party's National Congress, scheduled to open Oct. 16.

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