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18th Party Congress

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Roy Cho Kwai-chee, a former executive director at Convoy, appears at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Japan

Death sentence upheld for Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ who poisoned lovers

Kakehi reportedly amassed 1 billion yen (US$8.8 million) in payouts over 10 years but subsequently lost most of the fortune through unsuccessful financial trading.

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Corruption Watch | New dawn for China? Corruption crackdown nets big and small officials

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My Take | There's good reason for China's bluster

7 Jan 2013 - 2:36AM

A member of China's People Liberation Army (PLA) stands at guard on the missile destroyer 'Qingdao'. Photo: EPA

Xi Jinping

Opinion | Two appointments, one policy paper and a clock strikes nine

5 Jan 2013 - 2:22AM

IPO

Stock listings pencilled in for second half of 2013

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Corruption in China

Quickest way to get corrupt officials to change is threat of trial by microblog

31 Dec 2012 - 3:23AM

The Chinese government pledges to clean up Chinese politics. Photo: AFP

Xi Jinping

China sets date for 12th National People’s Congress

29 Dec 2012 - 9:13AM

Visitors with the national flags in hands pose for photos on the Tian'anmen Square. Photo:Xinhua

Universal suffrage in Hong Kong

Beijing must provide evidence to support political warning

3 Dec 2012 - 2:34AM

National People's Congress (NPC)

Hongkongers' unacceptable ignorance of China's government

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China stock market

Shanghai market drops below key 2,000 level

28 Nov 2012 - 2:34AM

A flood of share offerings in the past two years were blamed for the market slump.

As I See It | Changing of the guards

23 Nov 2012 - 1:40PM

Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping's public relations test

23 Nov 2012 - 1:51PM

China economy

Opinion | China's old and new leaders should seize moment for economic reform

30 May 2016 - 5:00PM

Communist Party's well-planned route to successful rule

20 Nov 2012 - 3:09AM

What the outside world saw at the 18th party congress in Beijing last week was only the tip of a gigantic iceberg.

US presidential election 2012

As I See It | New Year in November (Reprise)

Four years ago, I wrote an article titled New Year in November about Barack Obama’s historic victory. That’s what it felt like – a new beginning, a rebirth – even to a blogger half the world away.

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Wen Jiabao

Corruption drives calls for reform in China

19 Nov 2012 - 3:24AM

Lehman Brothers

Talking Points

19 Nov 2012 - 3:24AM

Xi Jinping

Opinion | Xi Jinping might be strong reformer China needs - to surprise of the West

19 Nov 2012 - 10:45AM

Foreign reporters make news during congress

18 Nov 2012 - 3:48AM

Mo Yan

Briefs, November 17, 2012

The deputy director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' information department, Hua Chunying, had been appointed a spokeswoman, Xinhua said yesterday.

17 Nov 2012 - 5:01AM

Hu Jintao

Jiang Zemin absent from party congress finale

17 Nov 2012 - 4:18AM

President Hu Jintao with Xi Jinping, his successor as party general secretary and chairman of the Central Military Commission, wave to congress delegates. Photo: Reuters

China economy

New leadership likely to maintain pro-growth policies

30 May 2016 - 5:00PM

China's new leaders may find it hard to change course and accelerate reforms.

Hu Jintao

Morning Clicks | Xi Jinping harmonised Hu out of his power acceptance speech yesterday

Hu and his 'scientific concept of development' ideological theory were given zero mentions during the speech, as was Mao Zedong.

16 Nov 2012 - 10:20AM

Locals and tourists have their say on new Standing Committee

With new Standing Commitee confirmed, people on streets of Beijing give their opinions, thoughts and hopes for the future to Keith Zhai and Li Jing. "I know there’s an 18th congress and Xi Jinping is the new chairman of China. It is interesting to study the leadership reshuffle here. Everyone votes for a new leader in South Korea, but they don’t do that in China."

16 Nov 2012 - 6:26AM

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18th Party Congress

The Chinese Communist Party's 18th Congress, held in Beijing November 8-14, 2012, marked a key power transition in China. A new generation of leaders, headed by Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, took over from the previous leadership headed by Hu Jintao. The Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee was reduced in number from nine to seven. Unlike his predecessor Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao handed over both the Party General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission positions to Xi.

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