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China's Communist Party Congress to confer more power to President Xi

China's ruling Communist Party is all set to amend its constitution at the next month's key once-in-a-five-year Congress to grant more powers to President Xi Jinping besides endorsing a record third term for him to lead the country for another five years or beyond. Xi's position is to be further elevated after the ruling Communist Party announced this week that it would amend its constitution at the upcoming national party Congress, according to analysts. The meeting of the 25-member Politburo, the principal policy making committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which met last Friday, said: "it was stressed at the meeting that the 20th CPC National Congress is a convention of great significance to be held at a crucial moment. "Under the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, efforts should be made to unite the whole Party and all the Chinese people and lead them in building on past achievements," the meeting said, dropping clear hin

Battling violence & censors: Women in China become 'invisible & absent'

The CCP has long promoted gender equality as a core tenet, but as cases of gender abuse make headlines, it has tried to squelch dissent, control narrative

China steps up measures to wipe out Covid-19 as political summit looms

China is enforcing lockdown restrictions in areas around Beijing more intensively, and will mass test the nearby port city of Tianjin

Chinese economy at 'critical stage of stabilisation': Premier Li Keqiang

China's economy, hit by the stringent zero-COVID policy, is currently passing through a critical stage of stabilisation, Premier Li Keqiang has said as he asked the provinces to tighten their belts and put existing assets to better use to consolidate the recovery. Li's call on Tuesday came as the world's second-largest economy showed signs of stress due to periodic COVID lockdowns in top Chinese cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen as well as China's travel restrictions limiting travel with the rest of the world to control the pandemic within the country. The second-ranking leader of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) who is set to retire this year after a 10-year stint, presided over a symposium on the economic situation at Shenzhen, China's top industrial city, in which leading officials of six major economic provinces -- Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan and Sichuan -- took part via video link. Li stressed efforts to shore up market entities, stabilise employment

Prez Xi confident of securing 3rd term, lays foundations for China's future

President Xi gave an important speech during a seminar titled Learning the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and welcoming the 20th National Congress of the CPC on July 26, 27

China backs away from goal of 5.5% GDP growth, sticks to Covid controls

A Communist Party planning meeting reflected the high cost President Xi Jinping's government has been willing to incur to stop the virus in a politically sensitive year

Court in China jails poet who called on President Xi to step down

Zhang Guiqi, 49, who is widely known by his penname Lu Yang, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment by the Liaocheng Intermediate People's Court, which found him guilty two years ago

Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation: President Xi Jinping

Xi underlined the need to improve the governance capacity of religious affairs and realise the healthy development of religions.

Chinese President Xi turns 69 as he is all set for a rare 3rd term in power

While Chinese leaders by tradition don't publicly celebrate their birthdays, this is a key year for Xi as he is set to complete the 10-year tenure of his presidentship

UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies in Xinjiang

Michelle Bachelet, who visited Xinjiang as part of a six-day trip to China, said the visit was not an investigation but an opportunity to raise concerns with senior Chinese leaders

Spying with Chinese characteristics

Mr Faligot's book is packed with considerable detail, not all of which may be of interest to a general reader

China's Covid plan 'unsustainable' due to omicron's infectious nature: WHO

The head of the World Health Organisation said China's extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant

Xi promotes Communist Party youth wings' role ahead of key congress

Addressing a meeting marking the centenary of the Communist Youth League of China, Xi said the body should always be a vanguard force in mobilising China's youth in continuous endeavour

China postpones Asian Games as it continues crackdown on doubters

China is increasingly out of step with the rest of the world where Covid restrictions are being abandoned and vaccines relied on to protect people

China orders govt agencies, state firms to dump foreign PCs within 2 years

It's likely to directly affect sales by HP Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc., the country's biggest PC brands after local champion Lenovo Group Ltd

Chinese President Xi Jinping all set to get endorsement for rare third term

Xi, 68, was elected delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the party's Guangxi regional Congress by a unanimous vote on Friday

China: Govt buying stakes in tech firms to increase its influence

The State-owned firms and regulators like China's Cyberspace Administration are obtaining the so-called 'golden shares' in private companies, especially internet/technology firms holding large amounts

China's finance minister vows more fiscal support ahead of party congress

The key once-in-five-years party congress will be held in autumn this year, when Chinese President Xi Jinping is widely expected to be confirmed for a third five-year term

British spy service warns MPs about Chinese agent's improper influence

The woman 'has been engaged in political interference activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party', says Speaker.

2021, the year that was for world: A chaotic return to the usual

2021 started on a sour note for the democratic world and it remained under pressure from a dominant communist China