Guo Rui is a China reporter covering elite politics, domestic policies, environmental protection, civil society, and social movement. She is also a documentary filmmaker, recording modern Chinese history and social issues through film. She graduated from Nankai University with a master degree in Modern Chinese History.
It is increasingly difficult for scholars and thinkers to publicly express or exchange academic views, especially those at odds with the party under Xi Jinping.
Stable and safe supplies are top priorities in nation’s quest to become an agricultural powerhouse, President Xi Jinping tells annual rural work conference.
Authorities say Yu Zhigang, who was investigated as part of Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign and pleaded guilty to taking nearly US$1 million in bribes last year, suffered a brain haemorrhage and died in May.
Li Xi’s rise caps a career that has sent him to some of the country’s biggest economic hubs as well as centres with a special place in Communist Party history.
The 20th national party congress is expected to approve constitutional amendments to elevate Xi Jinping’s status to China’s “core” leader as he further consolidates power.
The report is ‘based on presumption of guilt, uses disinformation and lies fabricated by anti-China forces as its main sources’, says Chinese spokesman at the UN.
Industry minister Xiao Yaqing is under probe for ‘suspected violations of the law and discipline’ after his name was noticeably absent from party congress delegate lists.
A policeman whose force is investigating the assault in Tangshan says a forensic bureau downplayed injuries he suffered in a hit-and-run to protect criminals.