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China’s leader Xi Jinping secures third term and stacks inner circle with loyalists

Xi unveiled as general secretary of ruling Communist Party, tilting China back towards one-man rule after decades of power-sharing among elite

The Guardian - AU

Xi Jinping secures historic third term in power – as it happened

China’s leader has been granted a precedent-breaking third term and has stacked his inner circle with loyalists. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Ex-China president escorted out of party meeting - before 'vanishing' from internet

Hu Jintao, who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012, appeared reluctant to leave the front row of proceedings at Beijing's Great Hall of the People

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What the Hell Just Happened to Xi Jinping’s predecessor?

Xi Jinping’s predecessor was forcibly led away from the Party Congress.

Foreign Policy

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of party congress

President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed for a third term by the congress later this week, breaking with decades of tradition and making him China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong

Evening Standard

China central bank head likely to step down amid reshuffle

China's central bank chief Yi Gang is likely to step down after he was dropped from an elite body of the ruling Communist Party, with a former central banker a leading contender to succeed him, sources close to the central bank said.

Reuters

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress as Xi Jinping looks on

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao is unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in a dramatic moment that disrupts the highly choreographed event.

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Vatican confirms renewal of contested accord with China on bishops' appointments

The Vatican on Saturday said that it and China had renewed a secret and contested agreement on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the communist country.

Reuters

Factbox-China's Communist Party amends its charter, strengthens Xi power

China's ruling Communist Party amended its constitution on Saturday, further cementing President Xi Jinping's power ahead of what is expected to be his precedent-breaking third term as party general secretary.

Reuters

China's Communist Party moves to solidify Xi Jinping's power in leadership shuffle

Two notable members were removed from the upper leadership ranks. The congress also approved the addition of new wording to the party charter that cements Xi's role as the so-called core of the party.

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

President Xi Jinping is now all but certain to be unveiled as general secretary for an unprecedented third term.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-Who's in, who's out of China's new party Central Committee

Over 2,000 delegates to a twice-a-decade congress of China's ruling Communist Party in Beijing elected a new 205-person Central Committee on Saturday that will set the course of Chinese policymaking for the next five years.

Reuters

Chinese Ex-President Hu Jintao Escorted Out Of Communist Party Congress

Hu, 79, Xi Jinping's immediate predecessor, was seated to the left of Xi. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Hu Jintao incident spoils Xi’s party

BEIJING: Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in a dramatic moment that disrupted the highly choreographed event.

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Xi Jinping expands power, elevating loyalists, forcing out moderates

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, extended his formidable dominance on Saturday, advancing a contingent of Communist Party loyalists ready to defend his personal power and expand the state’s influence over the economy and on national security.

The Guardian - US

The Envoy review: Gordon Sondland’s Trump tale fails to strike many sparks

The ex-ambassador was caught up in the first impeachment, over approaches to Ukraine. He offers scattershot justification

Reuters

Chinese ex-President Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress

Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday.

Reuters

China's Xi further cements power as party congress closes

China's ruling Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday, cementing Xi Jinping's iron grip on power and revealing a new Central Committee missing two key officials lacking close ties to the leader.

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Reuters

China's Communist Party amends constitution, cementing Xi's status as 'core' of the party

China's Communist Party on Saturday approved amendments to its constitution, including the so-called "Two Establishes" and "Two Safeguards" aimed at cementing the core status of Xi Jinping and the guiding role of his political thought within the party.

The Guardian - UK

Xi Jinping: from ‘counter-revolutionary’ to absolute power

Born into the Communist party elite and shaped by the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese president stands on the brink of securing historic power

Al Jazeera

EU not seeking ‘systematic confrontation’ as rival China grows

The EU officially regards China as a partner, an economic competitor as well as a systemic rival.

The Independent UK

China opens final session of ruling Communist Party congress

The closing session of a major weeklong meeting of China’s ruling Communist Party was underway Saturday

The Guardian - UK

Women pushed even further from power in Xi Jinping’s China

Xi has revealed an all male politburo for the first time since 1997. The move erases one of the few steps women had made towards real power in Communist China

Al Jazeera

Xi set to reveal China’s new senior leadership as Congress ends

Chinese president expected to be supported by the most loyal as he heads into an unprecedented third term.

France 24

‘I feel like I’ve been abandoned by the world’: Chinese youth hit by record unemployment

Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s assurances that the country’s youth are “living an extraordinary time”, recent statistics tell a vastly different story: One in five Chinese under 24 years old are currently out of work, the highest rate ever recorded. FRANCE 24 reports from Shanghai, where young people say the…

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