WHAT’S A modern Chinese leader like Xi Jinping to do? His wife once serenaded the troops, complete with “green military uniform, her windswept hair tied back in a ponytail.” Above all things, hide the photos! From the Associated Press [picture at the link]: A photo of China’s new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, [...]
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Live Report: Chinese Communist Party Leadership
Chinese Communist Party leadership: Live Report (via AFP) This ends AFP’s Live Report on the unveiling of China’s highest decision-making body, the Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee. Xi Jinping is now officially the head of the ruling party of the world’s most populous state and second biggest economy. Xi assumes power at an uncertain time [...]
News Desk: China Set to Unveil Leaders with Xi Jinping at the Helm
China set to unveil leaders with Xi Jinping at the helm (via AFP) China will unveil its new leaders on Thursday, with Vice President Xi Jinping expected to march on stage at the head of a line-up that will steer the world’s number two economy for the next decade. Xi, who will succeed President Hu [...]
News Desk: China Blocks Web Access to New York Times Over PM Wen Jiabao Profile
AFTER BLOOMBERG ran a story about the wealth of Vice President Xi Jinping, who is to become the next general secretary of the Communist Party, their website was blocked in mainland China. Now, after the New York Times ran an article titled “Billions in Hidden Riches for Family of Chinese Leader,” China blocked all access [...]
News Desk: China’s President-in-Waiting Still Missing from Public View
China is the world’s second biggest economy, its rising superpower, and is on the cusp of a once-in-a-decade leadership change, but the man expected to take over at the head of the Communist Party has vanished from view, and we don’t know why. [BBC] CHINA’S VICE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping has not been seen in public [...]
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