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How 'Xi Jinping Thought' is meant to make China great again

Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to start a historic third term — and further elevate his ideology in Chinese law and society.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Will Xi Jinping be in charge of China forever?

In the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress, which begins in Beijing on Sunday, President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed as president-for-life. If that actually happens, China's ascent to genuine superpower status will be at least delayed. At worst (from the Chinese perspective), it may not happen at…

Bangkok Post · Oct 13, 2022

Will Xi’s Paranoia Defeat Him?

The Chinese leader has taken security worries to a new level.

Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2022

Security, red banners and COVID curbs: Beijing readies for 20th Congress

Beijing has stepped up security and COVID curbs and decorated the capital with red political banners as it gears up for a Communist Party congress where President Xi Jinping is poised to become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

Reuters · Oct 11, 2022

How China's Xi Jinping amassed power over last decade

BEIJING: China's Xi Jinping became the country's top leader a decade ago when he was named general secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the party's 18th congress.

Bangkok Post · Oct 10, 2022

Explainer-The ways China's Xi Jinping amassed power over a decade

China's Xi Jinping became the country's top leader a decade ago when he was named general secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the party's 18th congress. The following March he became president.

Reuters · Oct 10, 2022

Analysis-How China's Xi accumulated power, and why it matters in a third term

One of Xi Jinping's first moves after winning China's top job as general secretary of the Communist Party in 2012 was to reinstate regular "democratic life sessions" with fellow leaders in the 25-member Politburo, a staple of the Mao Zedong era.

Reuters · Oct 10, 2022

China Since the Founding of the Communist Party

Here are the key dates in China since the founding of the Communist Party (CCP) which has grown into one of the world's most powerful political organizations as brought by AFP. - July 1921: Founded in secret - In the summer of 1921, Mao Zedong and a clutch of Marxist-Leninist…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 4, 2022

How believers in China keep the faith under Xi Jinping's watchful eye

China is a communist and atheist state but religious belief and practice continue under the watchful eye of President Xi Jinping and the Party.

ABC News · Oct 3, 2022

The tough road to democratisation

Taiwan has been hailed as a textbook example of a successful transition to democracy. At the end of the civil war in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), lost to Mao Zedong's communist forces and fled to the island. After almost four decades of martial law until 1987,…

Bangkok Post · Oct 2, 2022