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China’s Xi makes his grip on power that much stronger with loyalist new premier by his side

China supremo Xi Jinping has further cemented his grip on power with the elevation of close ally Li Qiang as the next premier

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China names Xi Jinping ally Li Qiang as premier

Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, will nominally be in charge of the world's second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years.

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China names Li Qiang premier nominally in charge of economy

China has named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world's second-largest economy

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‘A defeated person’: sidelined by Xi, China’s Li Keqiang bows out as premier

Hopes that Li would be a liberal reformer were curbed by Xi Jinping as the president became more and more powerful

The Guardian - UK

Mixed reactions as Xi Jinping secures third term as China's president

Xi Jinping has been re-elected for a third term as China's president. The decision was made at the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, and was met with mixed reactions from both domestic and international communities.

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Key issues and players: Xi’s next 5 years as China’s president

China’s Xi Jinping faces severe economic challenges and growing tension with the United States as his third term begins.

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China Hands Xi Jinping Historic Third Term as President

Xi was unanimously voted to serve a third term as the president and commander of the 2 million-member People’s Liberation Army.

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Xi Jinping awarded third term as China president after unanimous people’s congress vote

China leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president , putting him on track to stay in power for life.

Evening Standard

China’s Xi Awarded 3rd Term as President, Extending Rule

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the US and others. The endorsement of Xi’s appointment by the ceremonial National People’s Congress was…

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Loyal and experienced, China's other top leaders take posts

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee are taking up their new portfolios

The Independent UK

China’s parliament backs Xi Jinping for third term as president

Xi has sidelined potential challengers and filled the party’s top ranks with his supporters since taking power in 2012.

Al Jazeera

Xi Jinping officially begins norm-busting third term as president, tearing up modern China's political rule book

Xi Jinping officially kicks off his norm-busting third term as China's president, solidifying his position as one of the communist nation's most powerful leaders in generations.

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China's Xi handed historic third term as president

Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.

Bangkok Post

China's other top leaders bring loyalty to Xi, experience

Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, handling major portfolios from propaganda to corruption fighting

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China's Xi solidified grip on power during tumultuous 2022

Xi Jinping secured an historic third leadership term in October, emerging as China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, bolstered by a Politburo Standing Committee stacked with allies and no successor-in-waiting to challenge him.

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2022 Notebook: Protests, strict COVID lockdowns tested China

After beginning 2022 by hosting a Winter Olympics inside a COVID bubble, China faced a tough year

Reuters

Late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's ashes are scattered at mouth of Yangtze River

The ashes of late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin were scattered into the sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Sunday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

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China's Wang Huning, a backstage ideologue and political survivor

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Jiang Zemin: Leader who guided China’s rise to economic power

Under Jiang’s tutelage, China had its longest period of stable economic growth under Communist rule

Radio France Internationale

China: Jiang Zemin's death officially buries Deng Xiaoping era of fast reforms

Sirens wailed across China as the Communist Party eulogised late leader Jiang Zemin Tuesday, hailing him as a patriot who "dedicated his life" to the country. But the official press didn't elaborate much on his economic feats – institgated by Jiang's patron Deng Xiaoping, the man who opened China up…

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China Pays Its Respects to Late Leader Jiang Zemin

Sirens wailed out across China at the beginning of a public memorial service for former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday, who died last week at the age of 96. A nationwide three-minute silence was held as part of the formal memorial service. Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and…

Bangkok Post

Former Chinese leader Hu in first public appearance since dramatic Congress exit

BEIJING: Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was seen in public for the first time since he was dramatically escorted out of a top Communist Party meeting, when he paid respects to his late predecessor Jiang Zemin on Monday.

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Late Chinese leader Jiang hailed in memorial service

China's communist leaders have eulogized the late leader Jiang Zemin as a loyal Marxist-Leninist who oversaw their country's rapid economic rise while maintaining rigid party control over society

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Hu Jintao reappears as China comes to standstill for late leader Jiang Zemin

Former leader who was removed from a key meeting in October attended the memorial where Xi Jinping urged country to ‘turn grief into strength’

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China bids farewell to former leader Jiang Zemin

China comes to a standstill for Jiang Zemin, with sirens wailing as people gathered for three minutes of silence.

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