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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 Xi handed historic third term as president

Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.

Bangkok Post

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

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China accuses Washington of trying to block its development to limit global influence

Is the United States out to sabotage China

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70 years after his death, Stalin’s ghost still haunts Russia

Seventy years ago, on the night of March 5, 1953, a certain Joseph Vissarionovitch Djougachvili breathed his last. He was better known under his nom de guerre, Stalin, “The Man of Steel”.

The Conversation

China accuses Washington of trying to block its development

Is the United States out to sabotage China

The Independent UK

China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reins

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is taking his final bow in a departure that marks a shift from the technocrats who have helped steer the world's second-biggest economy in favor of officials with unquestioned loyalty to President Xi Jinping

The Independent UK

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Greek PM apologises, angry protests erupt over deadly train disaster

Greece's prime minister on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 dead in the nation's worst rail disaster as thousands of furious protesters rallied in Athens and clashed with police.

France 24

Greek PM Mitsotakis apologizes for deadly train disaster

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologized for any responsibility Greece’s government bears for the deadliest train crash in the country’s history

The Independent UK

China sets economic growth target of 5% as parliament opens

China’s parliament set to hand Xi Jinping third term as president and implement biggest government shake-up in a decade.

Al Jazeera

Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery

My great-uncle Abe Feller was committed to the United Nations. Did Roy Cohn and Joe McCarthy break him?

Salon

All you need to know about China’s ‘Two Sessions’

The annual meetings of China’s parliament and political advisory body will include a GDP forecast for 2023.

Al Jazeera

New leaders, economy to dominate China's legislative session

The installation of new leaders and the need to shore up a flagging economy will dominate the annual session of China's rubber-stamp parliament that kicks off Sunday

The Independent UK

Vietnam parliament elects new president Vo Van Thuong

The presidency is largely ceremonial but is among four top positions in Vietnam, where the Communist Party holds power.

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Vo Van Thuong confirmed as new Vietnam president

Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly voted in a new president on Thursday, who immediately pledged to crack down on corruption following the resignation of his predecessor in an anti-graft campaign.

The Independent UK

China purging 'Western erroneous views' from legal education

China is ordering closer adherence to the dictates of the Communist Party and leader Xi Jinping in legal education before its parliament starts its annual session

Reuters

House select committee seeks answers from FBI on China police 'outposts'

The chairman of a new U.S. House of Representatives select committee focused on China sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray on Friday seeking answers about alleged Chinese-government run police outposts on U.S. soil.

Reuters

China finance veteran Zhu set to head central bank- sources

A career banker and head of a state-run financial conglomerate, Zhu Hexin, is likely to become governor of China's central bank after next month's annual session of parliament, according to people familiar with the matter.

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‘Do-nothing’ bureaucrats hold back Vietnam

Vietnam’s Communist Party is growing alarmed about a new mantra taking hold among bureaucrats: Do a lot, get in trouble for a lot. Do less, get in trouble for less. Do nothing, get in trouble for nothing.

The Independent UK

China blasts Pentagon official's Taiwan visit, military ties

China has sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed sanctions against Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island

Reuters

Chinese provinces give 30 days' paid 'marriage leave' to boost birth rate

Some Chinese provinces are giving young newlyweds 30 days of paid leave in the hope of encouraging marriage and boosting a flagging birth rate, the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily Health said on Tuesday.

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China Removes Communist Party Heads of Top State Insurer and Bank

Moves affect top executives of People’s Insurance Co. and Bank of China as they both near retirement age

WEKU

Retirees in China hold rare protests against health insurance reforms

Retirees have protested in two Chinese cities over fears that the authorities will dip into their personal health savings accounts to cover public budget shortfalls.

The Independent UK

China sanctions Lockheed Martin, Raytheon for Taiwan sales

China has imposed trade and investment sanctions on U.S. military contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory

The Independent UK

Hong Kong sees more pro-Beijing voices at UN rights review

Hong Kong supporters of a tough national security law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party have set their sights on a United Nations session, drawing concern from rights advocates

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