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China’s Communist Party

How Xi Jinping is going back to Confucius to define China’s future

Xi’s plan to glorify China’s deep cultural roots is embodied in Ruzang, a compilation of the philosopher’s writings and related works.

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Xi urges China’s provinces to be patient and fair in push for economic reforms

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China's economic recovery

‘Extremely brutal’: are China’s private firms paying the price for official debt?

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Corruption in China

Former China Geological Survey head charged with bribery, leaking state secrets

Zhong Ziran, 62, is the most senior natural resources official to have faced a corruption investigation in recent months.

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Zhong Ziran headed the China Geological Survey from 2014 to 2022. He was expelled from the party and arrested earlier this year. Photo: Handout
China’s Communist Party

‘Confident’ China should relax grip on cultural, information exchange: academic

Too many Chinese scholars fail to properly engage with their overseas peers, leading to worsening decoupling, professor warns.

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China’s Communist Party

China throws the book: more corruption suspects hit with illicit reading claims

Growing number of disgraced officials being accused by anti-corruption agencies of reading forbidden books, cited as disloyalty to the party.

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China’s Communist Party

Why do so many Chinese officials fall for fake promises of political charlatans?

Party insiders who should know better are being targeted by tricksters claiming connections and influence, despite crackdowns.

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China economy

Editorial | Despite challenges, Xi makes it clear China is moving forward

President’s National Day address covers wide range of issues, with the most important message to the country being this: remain confident.

China’s Communist Party

‘Get things done’: China tries to rally risk-averse officials to revive economy

Leadership’s references to ‘three exempts’ policy a clear sign that economic growth is the top priority, analysts say.

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China's economic recovery

‘3 exempts’: economic rally cry by China’s Xi aims to reassure fearful officials

Orders come at unexpected Politburo gathering after financial authorities rolled out wide-reaching stimulus measures this week.

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Visitors recite the admission oath of the Communist Party in front of the party emblem in China’s Shaanxi province on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping on Thursday vowed that officials across the country should not fear erring on their path toward development. Photo: Bloomberg
China’s Communist Party

Is China looking at Mao-era plan to boost economic self-reliance?

The original plan moved industries west to counter the threat of invasion, but now the prime motivation appears to be supply chains.

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China’s military

Deputy commander of China’s army among 5 stripped of lawmaker status in probe

Deng Zhiping, hailed after Vietnam border clashes in ’70s and ’80s, is latest to fall in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign.

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China economy

Opinion | Why ‘peak China’ talk obscures dire reality about its economy

China is far from collapse but its gamble to anchor growth in hi-tech innovation won’t pay off unless it shores up its traditional economy.

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China education

China tightens ideological control with warnings against rock ’n’ roll, internet

New college textbook drawing on speeches of President Xi Jinping is latest move from Beijing to tighten ideological control and national security.

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Under President Xi Jinping, China has stepped up national security education as a defence against what it calls infiltration by Western forces among Chinese youth. Photo: AFP
China’s military

Former chairman of China’s top aircraft maker being investigated for corruption

Tan Ruisong, who chaired the Aviation Industry Corporation of China from 2018 to 2023, is accused of ‘severe violations’ of the law and party discipline.

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AVIC, through its many subsidiaries, manufactures some of China’s leading fighter aircraft such as the J-10 (pictured), J-11 and J-20. Photo: AP
China’s Communist Party

New China’s Communist Party rules will regulate faith, loyalty and performance

Regulations target members who are not guilty of serious breaches but ‘lack revolutionary spirit’ or fail to pay membership fees on time.

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Vietnam

Vietnam party chief To Lam to step down as president, relinquish dual power role

Communist Party chief To Lam is set to resign Vietnam’s presidency amid a wider government shake-up and sweeping anti-corruption crackdown.

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China moves to ease low-level officials out from endless meetings and red tape

‘Formalism’ is viewed as scourge of grass-roots officials pushed to meet onerous standards and carry out ‘pointless formalities’.

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New rules in China aim to reduce the burden on grass-roots officials with streamlined meetings and document requirements as well as curtailed community-level inspections and evaluations. Photo: Xinhua
Vietnam

Asian Angle | Vietnam’s To Lam cements control as he reshapes the party in his image

Vietnam’s new general secretary has methodically placed loyalists in positions of influence and wielded the security apparatus to eliminate challenges to his authority.

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My Take | In Hong Kong, Xi has completed where Deng left off

The city’s destiny was always about unification and integration, not democratisation or meeting Western expectations.

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China’s Communist Party

Honour reformer Deng Xiaoping by realising China’s revival, Xi Jinping says

‘We must steadfastly implement one country, two systems,’ Xi says, marking 120th anniversary of birth of Communist Party patriarch.

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Deng Xiaoping is heralded as the “architect” of China’s economic reform, transforming a poor, backward country into a global superpower. Photo: AFP
120th anniversary of birth of Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping: architect of modern China

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China’s Communist Party

As China celebrates Deng Xiaoping’s legacy, the country is again at a crossroads

Deng and his ‘true heir’ Xi Jinping differ in strategies and approaches, but closer examination reveals many core similarities.

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China society

Editorial | A modern, powerful China the legacy of Deng Xiaoping, born 120 years ago

Paramount leader launched country on reform path that transformed nation from among the world’s least developed to a global force.

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China’s Communist Party

Chinese cartoon campaign warns village clans against hindering Communist Party

Official social media post declares that clans form a ‘state within a state’, with potential for negative social effects.

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A cartoon circulating on official Chinese websites and social media accounts is intended as a cautionary tale against confronting the Communist Party and the government. Photo: Handout
China energy security

China warns data leaks from wind towers could threaten national security

Companies with ties to foreign spies are building meteorological towers and sending sensitive information abroad, according to CCTV.

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Chinese state security authorities have raised alarms about meteorological towers that collect data on wind speed, temperature and air pressure. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s Communist Party

No bold moves: China’s wide anti-corruption net has officials afraid to innovate

China’s leadership urged to introduce new incentives for local officials who are now playing it safe in the face of anti-graft measures.

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China economy

Opinion | China’s third plenum shows its reform era has entered a new phase

As China strives to build a “high-level socialist market economy”, expect the central government to build on the reforms of past decades.

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Communist Party politics
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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