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Xi Jinping expands power, elevating loyalists, forcing out moderates

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, extended his formidable dominance on Saturday, advancing a contingent of Communist Party loyalists ready to defend his personal power and expand the state’s influence over the economy and on national security.

Bangkok Post

The big reveal: Xi set to introduce China's next standing committee

Xi Jinping, poised to clinch a third five-year term as China's leader, will on Sunday preside over the most dramatic moment of the Communist Party's twice-a-decade congress and reveal the members of its elite Politburo Standing Committee.

Reuters

China party congress offers look at future leaders

Xi Jinping is primed to receive a third five-year term as head of China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday

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China's shifting economic storyline

A precedent-defying third term won't be based on the same kind of growth that's defined the world economy for decades.

Axios

Chinese Communist party congress: who’s in and who’s out of Xi Jinping’s inner circle

A major reshuffle will take place in the Chinese Commmunist party’s top echelon this week – here’s a who’s who of the main players

The Guardian - AU

China Congress: Economic trends to watch as Xi consolidates power

China’s economy is facing some of the worst headwinds in decades as the ruling Communist Party holds key congress.

Al Jazeera

What you need to know about China’s 20th Communist Party Congress

China’s Communist Party is holding a historic Congress at which Xi Jinping is set to clinch an unprecedented third term.

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China's Xi talks up security, reiterates COVID stance as congress opens

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a Communist Party Congress by focussing on security and reiterating policy priorities.

Reuters

Communist Party's 20th Congress gets under way, offering clues to China’s future

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress kicked off in Beijing on Sunday, an event expected to confirm Xi Jinping as China’s first leader since Mao Zedong to serve three successive terms. Decisions unveiled at the congress – especially the fate of Prime Minister Li Keqiang – will indicate whether Xi…

France 24

Xi Set to Open Party Congress at Challenging Time for China

Chinese President Xi Jinping will take the stage on Sunday to kick off a historic congress of the ruling Communist Party, where he is poised to win a third term that solidifies his place as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. The congress comes at a tumultuous time, with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How China's Communist Party Congress works

Chinese President Xi Jinping is poised to win a third five-year term as General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party, the most powerful job in the country, at the 20th Party Congress that wraps up this weekend.

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.

Reuters

Xi set to open party congress at challenging time for China

Reuters

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

Meeting gives China's Xi a chance to tighten hold on economy

A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China’s most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development

Reuters

China's 'liberal' Wang Yang seen as possible premier as reshuffle looms

When Wang Yang was Chinese Communist Party boss of economic powerhouse Guangdong province, the man now considered a top contender to be China's next premier displayed a liberal streak that has been less visible since Xi Jinping took power.

Reuters

After COVID lockdown, eyes on Shanghai chief at party congress

Once seen as a sure bet for elevation to China's elite Politburo Standing Committee or even as the country's next premier, Li Qiang's glide path to the upcoming Communist Party Congress was buffeted by Shanghai's grinding two-month COVID-19 lockdown.

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

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In China, a European executive becomes an increasingly rare critical voice

As China clamps down on dissent and the space for engagement with authorities or airing of critical views shrinks, German executive Joerg Wuttke has become increasingly conspicuous for his outspokenness.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

50 years of Japan-China ties

On Sept. 29, Japan and China marked the 50th anniversary of the normalization of their diplomatic relations in 1972. Going forward, how should Japan deal with a China that has risen as an economic and military power and has been behaving in an increasingly coercive manner?

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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.

Reuters

Analysis-China poised to shake up economic leadership as reformers bow out

China's ruling Communist Party sets the stage next month for the biggest overhaul of its economic leadership in a decade, with a generation of reform-minded policymakers expected to step down amid worsening growth prospects.

Reuters

China Premier congratulates new British PM - Xinhua

China Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory message to new British Prime Minister Liz Truss, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday.

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