Xi Jinping handed third term: Chinese president for whom ‘God is Communist Party'
1 year, 9 months ago

Xi Jinping handed third term: Chinese president for whom ‘God is Communist Party'

Hindustan Times  

Xi Jinping, by securing the third term as the Chinese president on Friday, has become the country’s most powerful leader since its founding father Mao Zedong. for him, God is the Communist Party’ | 10 things about Jinping 1)Seen as ruthless in his ambition, the visionary of ‘Chinese Dream’ or the "great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" - Alfred L. Chan, an author who has penned down his life, explains that Jinping does not “struggles for power for power's sake…but rather he strives for power as an instrument. "The greatest mistake the rest of the world makes about Xi is to not take this faith seriously,” Brown added, noting that for Jinping, God is the Communist Party. A biographer of his life, Joseph Torigian revealed that Jinping father’s “strictness toward his family members was so serious that even those close to him believed it bordered on the inhuman".

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Kerala CM extends wishes to Xi Jinping for re-election as Chinese President
1 year, 9 months ago

Kerala CM extends wishes to Xi Jinping for re-election as Chinese President

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday congratulated Xi Jinping on his re-election as the Chinese President. On Friday, Xi was unanimously appointed Chinese President for the third time, making him the country's longest-serving leader since Mao Zedong, Nikkei Asia reported. As per the news report, thousands of delegates at the National People's Congress in Beijing voted on Xi's …

Xi Jinping's show: Who's who in China's new government
1 year, 9 months ago

Xi Jinping's show: Who's who in China's new government

NPR  

Xi Jinping's show: Who's who in China's new government BEIJING — China has put the finishing touches on a sweeping leadership reshuffle that has been years in the making and puts trusted allies of leader Xi Jinping in key spots throughout the administration. Li Qiang — Premier Enlarge this image toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Ng Han Guan/AP Li was …

China gets new Premier in Li Qiang
1 year, 9 months ago

China gets new Premier in Li Qiang

Hindustan Times  

Former Communist party chief of Shanghai, Li Qiang, on Saturday took oath as China’s premier, replacing outgoing Li Keqiang after a decade, and facing the tough task to revive an economy battered by three years of Covid controls and global uncertainties. China's newly-elected Premier Li Qiang takes an oath after being elected during the fourth plenary session of the National …

President Xi Jinping\'s close confidant Li Qiang named as China\'s new Premier
1 year, 9 months ago

President Xi Jinping\'s close confidant Li Qiang named as China\'s new Premier

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China's parliament on Saturday confirmed President Xi Jinping's trusted ally Li Qiang as the new Premier to revive the world's second-largest economy hit by three years of 'zero-Covid' restrictions and worsening relations with the West. After that Li Keqiang too shook hands with Li Qiang in what appears to be a smooth transfer of power considering that the outgoing …

Li Qiang, trusted ally of Xi Jinping, elected China's new premier
1 year, 9 months ago

Li Qiang, trusted ally of Xi Jinping, elected China's new premier

India Today  

China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier, nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years. He takes on the job as authority of the premier and the State Council, China’s Cabinet, has been steadily eroding as Xi shifts more …

Xi Jinping becomes first leader in history of Communist China to serve three terms
1 year, 9 months ago

Xi Jinping becomes first leader in history of Communist China to serve three terms

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. First to congratulate Mr Xi were North Korean leader …

Xi Jinping elected Chinese President for 3rd term
1 year, 9 months ago

Xi Jinping elected Chinese President for 3rd term

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing : Xi Jinping was on Friday unanimously appointed as Chinese President for the third time, making him the country's longest-serving leader since founding father Mao Zedong, Nikkei Asia reported. According to Nikkei Asia, thousands of delegates at the National People's Congress in Beijing voted on Xi's appointment as president and head of the military for another five years. Nikkei …

China's Xi awarded third term as president, extending rule
1 year, 9 months ago

China's Xi awarded third term as president, extending rule

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term …

China’s Xi awarded third term as president amid rising tensions with U.S.
1 year, 9 months ago

China’s Xi awarded third term as president amid rising tensions with U.S.

LA Times  

Chinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath after being awarded a third five-year term on Friday. Zhao, 67 — a holdover from the previous party Politburo Standing Committee, the apex of political power in China headed by Xi — won Xi’s trust as head of the party’s anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, pursuing an anti-graft campaign that …

China's Xi Jinping, as expected, gets 5 more years as state president
1 year, 9 months ago

China's Xi Jinping, as expected, gets 5 more years as state president

NPR  

China's Xi Jinping, as expected, gets 5 more years as state president Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP Mark Schiefelbein/AP BEIJING - China's rubber-stamp parliament handed leader Xi Jinping a third term as president on Friday, an outcome that has been widely expected since he orchestrated the abolishment of term limits with a constitutional amendment five years ago. The …

Xi Jinping unanimously elected Chinese President, Central Military Commission chairman
1 year, 9 months ago

Xi Jinping unanimously elected Chinese President, Central Military Commission chairman

India TV News  

Xi Jinping unanimously elected President of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the ongoing session of the 14th National People's Congress, reports Xinhua news agency. China's other top leaders 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 …

Xi Jinping elected China's president for historic third term
1 year, 9 months ago

Xi Jinping elected China's president for historic third term

India Today  

China's Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third term as the country's president on Friday. Nearly 3,000 members of China's rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress, voted unanimously for Xi Jinping to be president. Xi was also elected for a third term as chairman of China's Central Military Commission. China's parliament also elected Zhao Leji as the new parliament chair and …

How Xi Jinping's past helps explain the China of today
1 year, 10 months ago

How Xi Jinping's past helps explain the China of today

ABC  

Sarah Lande vividly remembers the start of her unlikely friendship with Xi Jinping. Wong says Xi Zhongxun "raised his children, including Xi Jinping, to believe that they would inherit the Chinese Communist Party revolution, that they, too, would be revolutionaries". "While Xi Jinping's father's generation founded modern China, it would be Xi Jinping's generation that would make China bigger and …

Jiang Zemin, former president who guided China’s rise, dies at 96
2 years ago

Jiang Zemin, former president who guided China’s rise, dies at 96

LA Times  

Jiang Zemin, the unlikely former leader who stewarded China through groundbreaking economic reforms and served as a bridge between the country’s strongman era and a more consensus-driven government, has died. The first Chinese Communist Party chief without a military background, Jiang never attained the revolutionary cult of personality assigned to Mao but nevertheless formed the nucleus of communist China’s third …

Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s rise and rule
2 years, 2 months ago

Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s rise and rule

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping, the son of a communist revolutionary leader, was a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial chief during China’s economic boom before ascending to the very top a decade ago. On Sunday, China’s 69-year-old leader secured a widely expected third term as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party, paving the way for …

Xi Jinping becomes president of China for the third term
2 years, 2 months ago

Xi Jinping becomes president of China for the third term

Op India  

Chinese President Xi Jinping was re-elected for a third term in power on Sunday, becoming the first leader of the ruling Communist Party to do so since party founder Mao Zedong. Xi Jinping was also re-elected as the Communist Party’s General Secretary for a historic third five-year term. On Saturday, China’s Communist Party Congress concluded, with Xi Jinping solidifying his …

Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and rule
2 years, 2 months ago

Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and rule

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Sunday, China's 69-year-old leader secured a widely expected third term as …

Xi Jinping has captured the Chinese Communist Party that Mao led to power. Now at peak strength, what comes next?
2 years, 2 months ago

Xi Jinping has captured the Chinese Communist Party that Mao led to power. Now at peak strength, what comes next?

ABC  

Does Xi Jinping sleep at night? Former Chinese president Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress Photo shows Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao's arm is held by usher as he stands behind seated Xi Jinping. The son of one of Mao's deputies, Xi is what is known as a "princeling" – Chinese Communist Party royalty. Xi Jinping saw himself as …

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and rule | A Timeline
2 years, 2 months ago

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and rule | A Timeline

India TV News  

Chinese President Xi Jinping, the son of a communist revolutionary leader, was a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial chief who promoted economic growth before ascending to the very top a decade ago. On Sunday, China's 69-year-old leader secured a widely expected third term as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party, paving the way for him to …

China's President Xi Jinping re-elected for 3rd term as General Secretary of Communist Party
2 years, 2 months ago

China's President Xi Jinping re-elected for 3rd term as General Secretary of Communist Party

India Today  

China's President Xi Jinping was re-elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party for a record third five-year term on Sunday. China's Communist Party Congress concluded on Saturday with Xi Jinping cementing his iron grip over the party. He was elected to the powerful Central Committee a day earlier by a once-in-a-five-year Congress despite crossing the official retirement age …

China’s Xi secures third term, stacks leadership team with allies
2 years, 2 months ago

China’s Xi secures third term, stacks leadership team with allies

Al Jazeera  

Chinese Communist Party elects Xi Jinping as its general secretary for a precedent-breaking third term, introduces a Politburo Standing Committee stacked with loyalists. China’s President Xi Jinping has secured a historic third term as the Communist Party’s leader, cementing his place as the nation’s most influential ruler since Mao Zedong. The CCP also named a seven-member Politburo Standing Committee led …

China Communist Party Congress ends with Xi set for third term, new central committee excludes Li Keqiang and Wang Yang
2 years, 2 months ago

China Communist Party Congress ends with Xi set for third term, new central committee excludes Li Keqiang and Wang Yang

Firstpost  

In a viral video, it was The China Communist Party Congress concluded on Saturday, with President Xi Jinping set to be elected for an unprecedented third term. Drama in China as former president Hu Jintao is escorted out of the closing ceremony pic.twitter.com/AzsqUJWuFx — Dan Banik October 22, 2022 Xi Jinping began his unprecedented third term by retiring veteran heavyweights …

China’s Communist Party endorses Xi Xinping’s ‘core’ leadership
2 years, 2 months ago

China’s Communist Party endorses Xi Xinping’s ‘core’ leadership

Al Jazeera  

President Xi Jinping is now all but certain to be unveiled as general secretary for an unprecedented third term. China’s Communist Party on Saturday endorsed Xi Jinping’s “core position” in the country’s leadership, all but assuring he will be handed an unprecedented third term in power. At the end of the week-long gathering in Beijing, China’s ruling party approved a …

Is Xi Jinping China’s new Mao Zedong?
2 years, 2 months ago

Is Xi Jinping China’s new Mao Zedong?

Al Jazeera  

Vastness is a defining feature of the Chinese Communist Party. Some also argue that only Mao, Deng, and Xi deserve to be considered as truly ‘great’ leaders as Jiang’s “core” status was bequeathed rather than earned. While the title might sound obscure, Xi’s recognition by the party as its “core” leader is testimony to his “profound” relationships with current party …

Xi Jinping | The princeling’s next decade
2 years, 2 months ago

Xi Jinping | The princeling’s next decade

The Hindu  

When Xi Jinping ascends the stage of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday morning to open, for a second time, the ruling Communist Party’s once-in-five-year congress, his appearance was meant to have been his last. Mr. Xi was born to “red royalty”, and like fellow princelings, as the children of the revolutionary leaders who were Mao’s …

Xi set for third term, China to unveil new leadership on October 23
2 years, 2 months ago

Xi set for third term, China to unveil new leadership on October 23

The Hindu  

China’s Communist Party will unveil its new leadership for the next five years on October 23, when General Secretary and President Xi Jinping is set to begin an unprecedented third term. Mr. Sun on Saturday mounted a defence of the party’s record in the past decade, including Mr. Xi’s stringent “zero-COVID” regime that saw China’s growth plummet to 0.4% in …

China’s Xi looks to 3rd 5-year term as Communist Party meets
2 years, 2 months ago

China’s Xi looks to 3rd 5-year term as Communist Party meets

Associated Press  

BEIJING — On the eve of the opening of a key Chinese Communist Party congress, party leader, head of state and commander of the armed forces Xi Jinping seems more in charge than ever, having given no indication of stepping away from power or anointing a successor. While some have resented XI’s trampling on what few freedoms Chinese citizens still …

Xi Jinping's power in China grows after unforeseen rise to dominance
2 years, 2 months ago

Xi Jinping's power in China grows after unforeseen rise to dominance

The Hindu  

When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn't clear what kind of leader he would be. "He is not coming out looking weaker.” He has already amassed and centralized power over the past 10 years in ways that far surpass his immediate predecessors, Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, and even rival the Communist Party's two other dominating leaders …

Chinese President Xi Jinping gets chance to tighten hold on economy at Communist party meeting
2 years, 2 months ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping gets chance to tighten hold on economy at Communist party meeting

Firstpost  

Xi is expected to try to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as party leader. A report he is due to deliver at the congress will set economic, trade and technology goals for at least the next five years Beijing: At the Communist Party congress that begins on Sunday, President Xi Jinping, China’s most influential figure …

Xi Jinping all set to rewind China's clock back to 'one leader rule' of Mao era
2 years, 2 months ago

Xi Jinping all set to rewind China's clock back to 'one leader rule' of Mao era

The Hindu  

China's ruling Communist Party is set to slide back to its founder Mao Zedong's era soon as President Xi Jinping is set to break the decades-old 10-year term rule to cling in power and perhaps for life, amid mounting pressure from the U.S.-led West against Beijing's aggressive quest to become a dominant world power. Mao's successor, Deng Xiaoping, who earned …

How China's Xi Jinping amassed power over a decade | Explained
2 years, 2 months ago

How China's Xi Jinping amassed power over a decade | Explained

India Today  

China's Xi Jinping became the country's top leader a decade ago when he was named general secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the party's 18th congress. At the 20th Party Congress, set to begin on Oct. 16, Xi is widely expected to secure a third leadership term, cementing his stature as the country's …

How strong is Xi Jinping's position in today's China?
2 years, 2 months ago

How strong is Xi Jinping's position in today's China?

India Today  

Dispelling the empty rumors on the social media of an invisible coup d'etat in Beijing, Chinese president Xi Jinping made his first public appearance on Tuesday since returning to China in mid-September. READ | China President Xi Jinping reappears on state TV amid rumours over 'absence' “Undoubtedly, Xi Jinping is going to embark on his third term with the 20th …

China President Xi Jinping reappears on state TV amid rumours over 'absence' | Video
2 years, 2 months ago

China President Xi Jinping reappears on state TV amid rumours over 'absence' | Video

India Today  

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, September 27, reappeared on state TV when he visited an exhibition of the Communist Party. This was his first appearance in public life after his return from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand on September 16, which sparked rumours about his absence from public events ahead of next month's key Congress of the …

Xi Jinping to be anointed as China's most powerful leader since Mao | 10 facts
2 years, 3 months ago

Xi Jinping to be anointed as China's most powerful leader since Mao | 10 facts

Hindustan Times  

The Chinese Communist Party will convene its 20th Congress on October 16 in Beijing during which Xi Jinping is likely to secure a third term in office as president, while a new top leadership line-up will also be unveiled. Xi, 69, is expected to become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. While Xi has consolidated power without precedent since …

Why is Taiwan so important to Chinese President Xi Jinping?
2 years, 4 months ago

Why is Taiwan so important to Chinese President Xi Jinping?

ABC  

Only two people in China's modern history have been given the official title "ling xiu" or "leader". In an hour-long address marking the CCP's centenary of its founding last year, he vowed to complete "reunification" with Taiwan and "smash" any attempts at formal independence. And ahead of the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's historic visit last month — …

Xi Jinping will lead China for record third time, but is much weaker than we think
2 years, 7 months ago

Xi Jinping will lead China for record third time, but is much weaker than we think

Firstpost  

Though Xi’s policies have started being questioned within China, it does not mean that he will not be given a third term. Repeated lockdowns, a real estate downturn, and peaking oil prices have hampered Xi Jinping’s economic growth targets.” The article continues: “So, Xi is going back to the old formula — a major splurge on infrastructure that ramps up …

Xi Jinping set to secure unprecedented third term as China’s leader
2 years, 8 months ago

Xi Jinping set to secure unprecedented third term as China’s leader

Hindustan Times  

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping, who is set to secure a unprecedented third term as China’s leader in a leadership reshuffle later this year, was elected on Friday by unanimous vote as a delegate to the 20th national congress of the ruling party at the Communist Party of China Guangxi regional congress. A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering a …

Chinese leaders preparing official history to elevate Xi Jinping: Why it's significant
3 years, 1 month ago

Chinese leaders preparing official history to elevate Xi Jinping: Why it's significant

India TV News  

Xi Jinping's elevation: Chinese leaders are preparing to issue a political history that would give President Xi Jinping status beside the ruling Communist Party's most important figures, setting the stage for Xi to extend his rule next year. Issuing a similar statement under Xi would confirm he has amassed enough authority to ignore two-decade-old party practice that says he should …

China’s Xi lays way for third term in power at party meeting
3 years, 1 month ago

China’s Xi lays way for third term in power at party meeting

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s leader Xi Jinping appears to be laying the foundation for a third term in power as top officials of the all-powerful Communist Party meet this week in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency said president and party General Secretary Xi issued a draft resolution on the party’s “major achievements and historical experience” at the Central Committee’s plenary …

Xi Jinping set out to save the Communist Party. But critics say he made himself its biggest threat
3 years, 5 months ago

Xi Jinping set out to save the Communist Party. But critics say he made himself its biggest threat

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — In January 2013, months after taking the helm of China’s ruling party, Xi Jinping gathered the country’s top politicians and asked them why the Communist Party of the Soviet Union had collapsed. Cai Xia, a former professor at the top training school for CCP officials, who now lives abroad and is a staunch party critic, said …

President Xi Jinping tells Chinese Communist Party 100th anniversary 'foreign power' won't be allowed to 'bully' China
3 years, 5 months ago

President Xi Jinping tells Chinese Communist Party 100th anniversary 'foreign power' won't be allowed to 'bully' China

ABC  

Here's Bill Birtles: "Xi does not have an obvious successor — that’s part of why Xi looms larger than any of his immediate predecessors. He’s managed to engineer a prolonged stay in power beyond the recent norm of a decade, and he’s "He does appear to have favourites who he elevated at the last party Congress, but they’re not expected …

China’s nationalist turn under Xi Jinping
4 years, 3 months ago

China’s nationalist turn under Xi Jinping

The Hindu  

As a reporter for The Hindu and then India Today from 2009 to 2018, Ananth Krishnan travelled the length and breadth of China. The Chinese legal scholar Jiang Shigong, who has emerged as one of the influential intellectuals in the Xi era, argues one key asset in Xi’s favour is the Party’s turn to nationalism, captured in Xi’s signature political …

Xi Jinping’s Cult & Purge: How He Used Image of an Anti-corruption Crusader to Usurp More Power
4 years, 3 months ago

Xi Jinping’s Cult & Purge: How He Used Image of an Anti-corruption Crusader to Usurp More Power

News 18  

A Republican lawmaker, Scott Perry, has presented a bill in the United States House of Representatives, Name the Enemy Act, demanding the Chinese head of state, Xi Jinping, should not be referred to as the ‘Chinese President’ anymore. Xi Jinping has become so powerful that he has abolished the two-term rule and can remain China’s president even for life unless …

Cornered yet aggressive: Chinese diplomacy Xi Jinping style
4 years, 5 months ago

Cornered yet aggressive: Chinese diplomacy Xi Jinping style

India Today  

China has retaliated against the United States by ordering the closure of an American consulate on its land. This placed Xi Jinping at par with the founder of Communist China Mao Zedong, or maybe even above Mao himself, given the economic and military prowess of China and global ambition of Xi. Many China observers believe that the communist regime is …

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