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The 20th Party Congress and the Crowning of Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping’s maneuverings to ensure his personal domination in the CCP, long in the planning, threaten to upset a bedrock of the durability of the party.

The News Lens · Oct 19, 2022

The Manchester consulate attack shows how China is flexing its muscles abroad

Hongkongers need reassurance from Britain that attacks on pro-democracy activists will not go unpunished, says activist Nathan Law

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

UK demands explanation after assault on Hong Kong protester at Chinese consulate

Scuffles broke out outside the building on Sunday afternoon after 30 to 40 pro-democracy protesters gathered and put up posters.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

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…

France 24 · Oct 17, 2022

Calls for UK response after protester attacked at Chinese consulate

Foreign secretary urged to take action after Hong Kong demonstrator punched and kicked in Manchester

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

Zhang Gaoli makes first public appearance at CCP Congress since #MeToo post from tennis star Peng Shuai

The presence of China's former vice-premier at the significant political event shows his status is untainted by last year's sexual assault allegations, one expert says.

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

Is Xi Jinping China’s new Mao Zedong?

With Xi casting himself as a 21st-century Mao, China risks ‘arbitrary rule’.

Al Jazeera · Oct 17, 2022

Another Xi term sits well with business sector

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started on Sunday in Beijing, with Xi Jinping likely to be re-elected as the country's president during meetings behind closed doors at the Great Hall of the People.

Bangkok Post · Oct 16, 2022

Chinese Communist Party hierarchy remains an all-boys club after more than a century

Over its 101-year history, the Chinese Communist Party has never elected a woman to the party's top hierarchy standing committee. Women are left severely under-represented and face increasing challenges to have their say.

ABC News · Oct 16, 2022

‘Let it rot’: Once-flourishing middle class faces end of ‘Chinese Dream’

An ever-growing middle class has been emblematic of China’s ascent ever since Deng Xiaoping kicked off the country’s economic transformation in the 1980s. That progress now risks being reversed as millions of people in China face rising living costs, fierce professional competition, a real estate bubble and sluggish growth.

France 24 · Oct 16, 2022