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China's Xi welcomes 'objective' media at restricted event

Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)

Journalists bearing a deep red invitation, with "The Great Hall of the People" emblazoned in golden script, arrived to watch Xi formally begin his second term a...

Fears mount over bookseller 'freed' by China

Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)

Rights group Amnesty International questioned whether he was "genuinely free" and said his safety was at risk. "As Gui's situation is unclear and his family sti...

What is Xi thinking? China's leader makes the constitution

Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)

"Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era," adds a new section to the already-weighty party tome, and puts the 64-year-old Chi...

In Communist China, it's a man's world at the top

Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)

The scene was a reminder that China's leadership remains a man's world, where women have been excluded from the highest echelons of power and men have abused th...

China's Xi sets eyes on more power as congress closes

Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)

Xi will undoubtedly be handed a customary second five-year term as general secretary of the party but analysts say the gathering could lay the foundation for hi...

Beijing garment industry resists Congress lockdown

Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese authorities have taken extraordinary measures to prevent any disturbance -- including pollution -- from marring the week-long, twice-a-decade meeting as...

Xi's eyes and ears in Beijing: Red-armband army of 'volunteers'

Oct 22, 2017 (AFP)

Stationed on street corners, in front of shops and outside bars, civilians with armbands labelled "Public Security Volunteer" have deployed across the capital a...

Fact or fiction? Doubts over China's 'rising nationalism'

Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)

But despite a nationwide propaganda blitz for China's most important political gathering, only a few scattered elderly comprise the noon rush at what is now a s...

Echoes of Mao: China Communist Party fawns over 'Xi thought'

Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)

The catechism is being reverentially uttered by almost every one of the more than 2,300 delegates to the five-yearly congress -- from the country's premier righ...

Red handed: Xi's anti-graft campaign set to roll on

Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)

Addressing the twice-a-decade gathering of the Communist Party's leadership Wednesday, China's most powerful leader in a generation pledged he would continue to...

Beijing says US should 'abandon biased views' of China

Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)

Ahead of his visit to India next week, President Donald Trump's top diplomat stated the US preference to work with New Delhi over Beijing during the next centur...

'My god, 3.5 hours': Xi gives marathon speech, China listens

Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)

On the internet, government bureaus peppered social media with their favourite phrases from Xi's speech, while photos circulated of children watching Wednesday'...

China's Jiang rises from the 'dead' for Communist meeting

Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)

Proving that reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated, the former leader sat next to President Xi Jinping and stood for the national anthem as the twice-a...

Xi tells Communist Party to combat any actions to 'undermine' it

Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)

Xi told some 2,300 delegates at the imposing Great Hall of the People that the country was entering a "new era" as the party pursues "socialism with Chinese cha...

Hong Kong skyscraper sold for record $5.15 billion: report

Oct 16, 2017 (AFP)

Li's CK Asset sold its 75 percent stake in The Centre, which is located in the city's bustling Central district, to a consortium led by a Chinese energy firm, t...

Chinese businesses herald Communist congress by closing shop

Oct 16, 2017 (AFP)

Fitness centres, short-term rental websites and even online retailers told AFP on Monday that they would not be operating in Beijing during the 19th National Co...

China's People's Daily launches English app in soft power push

Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)

The newspaper, which sold an average of 3.18 million copies a day in 2016, launched a Chinese app three years ago that it says has been downloaded 200 million t...

Xi to tighten clutch on power at Communist conclave

Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)

The five-yearly congress, which opens Wednesday, will give Xi an opportunity to enhance his control over the world's second largest economy by stacking the hall...

Five things to know about China's Communist congress

Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)

Here are five questions and answers regarding the opaque selection process: What's the meeting about? China's Communist Party has held 18 congresses to fill its...

Jailed Hong Kong activist Wong found guilty of contempt of court

Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)

Wong, who had already pleaded guilty to the charge, and 19 other activists were all found guilty, but the judge, who is also handling the corruption trial of th...