Quick Glance: Speculations arise from death of China's ex-PM Li Keqiang
- Chinese authorities struggle to control tributes following the death of Li Keqiang.
- Chinese censors are working to suppress mourning posts on the internet to avoid political or economic reforms.
- Public gatherings in the wake of Li Keqiang's death are prohibited.
- The CCP's panicked response to Li's death has fueled speculation about the circumstances.
Quick Glance: China party officials pay tribute to former leader Jiang Zemin
- BEIJING, China (AP) – Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who died last week at the age of 96, was remembered Monday by Chinese President Xi Jinping and other current and former top officials. State television showed Xi, his predecessor Hu Jintao, and others kneeling in front of Jiang's body in a military hospital in Beijing.
- Jiang, a qualified engineer and former mayor of Shanghai, was president for a decade until 2003 and led the ruling Communist Party for 13 years until 2002.
- Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure on November 30 in Shanghai, according to state media.
- The Communist Party hailed him as a "great proletarian revolutionary" and "long-tested Communist fighter."
Quick Glance: Xi's Expensive Security Obsession
- China's growth dilemma has only become worse.
- That is the unambiguous conclusion that can be derived from the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 20th National Congress.
- Although China's growth should continue to be healthy, such a significant downturn from the previous hypergrowth trajectory is the Chinese equivalent of a recession.
- With the working population declining, productivity growth must pick up to keep the economy on track.
- The party congress also sounded the death knell for Chinese entrepreneurial activity, which had promised a productivity windfall in recent decades.
Quick Glance: Jiang Zemin's Obituary: He Made China's Boom Possible
- Jiang Zemin owes the pinnacle of his political career to a heinous occurrence.
- Zhao was placed under house arrest as a result, and Jiang Zemin took his position.
- Jiang built a parallelism between government and private enterprise. As CP leader, Jiang took over a country whose foreign reputation had deteriorated as a result of protest suppression in 1989.
- This occurred during Jiang Zemin's presidency, which is why he is now seen as a reformer.
Quick Glance: Xi Jinping's inner circle: Who are China's new leaders?
- Xi Jinping walks ahead, followed by his six faithful.
WATCH: CNA's cameras captured the moments leading up to the unexpected exit of former Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Communist Party Congress ... Show more https://cna.asia/3F5sPGx
Quick Glance: China's Xi secures a third term and fills the leadership with loyalists
- Shanghai party chief Li Qiang is widely regarded as the possible next premier.
- Shanghai Communist Party boss Li Qiang accompanied Xi onto the platform at the Great Hall of the People to present the new Politburo Standing Committee, placing him in line to succeed Li Keqiang when he retires in March.
- The formation of the Standing Committee and the 24-member Politburo comes a day after the Communist Party's 20th Congress concluded, with modifications to the party charter reinforcing Xi's fundamental status and the guiding role of his political ideology within the party.
- Beijing welcomes new members of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Quick Glance: Watch as China's Xi has the previous president hauled out as he gets a third term.
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- Shanghai Communist Party boss Li Qiang accompanied Xi onto the platform at the Great Hall of the People to present the new Politburo Standing Committee, placing him in line to succeed Li Keqiang when he retires in March.
- China's Xi consolidates authority as the party congress concludes.
- Cai Qi, 66, enters the Standing Committee from his position as Beijing party head. He is regarded one of Xi's closest political supporters, having worked with him in the coastal provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang for 20 years.
President Xi Jinping of China has been confirmed for a precedent-breaking third five-year term, making him the most powerful Chinese leader since Chairman ... Show more
New video reveals why China’s ex-prez Hu Jintao was escorted out of CPC Congress
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Quick Glance: Xi Jinping's China: From Human Rights Concerns to "Inter-Capitalist Competition" with the U.S.
- Today's episode begins with a look at China, where Xi Jinping has begun a record third term as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party.
- Human Rights Watch's senior China researcher is Yaqiu Wang.
- Human rights breaches did not begin with Xi Jinping.
- [translated] PRESIDENT XI JINPING: The resolution of the Taiwan issue is entirely up to the Chinese people.
Quick Glance: What happened in the minutes preceding Hu Jintao's departure?
- A new video shows former Chinese President Hu Jintao being carried out of the room in front of Xi Jinping.
- The reason why former state and party leader Hu Jintao was taken from the hall during the Communist Party's final meeting on Saturday remains a mystery.
- Meanwhile, a new video has emerged depicting the preceding minutes.
- The Communist Party stated unequivocally that Li Keqiang had been cold-called.
Quick Glance: China: Former President Hu Jintao is hauled out of the Communist Party Congress
- The closing ceremony of the 20th Communist Party Congress has begun, with Xi Jinping poised to cement his historic third term in power.
- The event is presently underway behind closed doors, and China will soon learn who will be governing the country with the president and party General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Quick Glance: General Secretary Xi Jinping is accurate in his assertion that Marxism works.
- This relates to the Marxist notion expressed in the "Communist Manifesto" that the state will swiftly create productive forces during the socialist transition.
- Of course, China's application of Marxism to its own conditions was fraught with errors and difficulties, but rather than rejecting Marxism as a theoretical tool of analysis, China adapted.
- "Marxism attaches utmost importance to developing productive forces."
- China's realization and acceptance that socialism is more than narrow collectivism and collectivisation is possibly one of the most crucial drivers of its current and future prosperity.
On the last day of the Communist Party’s week-long national congress, the spotlight was momentarily focused on the unexpected departure of former Chinese ... Show more
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Quick Glance: China's Xi Jinping drags former president out of meeting on live television
- Former Chinese President Hu Jintao abruptly exited Congress.
- As Xi Jinping asserts his power, security was observed removing China's ex-president Hu Jintao from a congress meeting.
- Two security personnel walked the 79-year-old off stage, leaving him perplexed as to why he had been removed.
Quick Glance: What Xi Jinping's rhetoric indicates about China's global objectives
- On the final day of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) National Congress in Beijing, China's state news agency Xinhua issued a report detailing how members of the elite party committees were chosen.
- Whether true or not, the report explains how the CCP views party politics today.
- The former aspire to reestablish Chinese influence at home and abroad, maintain dominance in Asia, and eventually supplant the United States as the world's preeminent power.
- It is a Chinese political custom for a newly constituted Standing Committee to embark on a trip together following the party congress, however the location is not necessarily Yan'an.
The former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was abruptly escorted out of a highly choreographed meeting of the Communist Party elite. We deconstructed the footage ... Show more
The former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was abruptly escorted out of a highly choreographed meeting of the Communist Party elite ... Show more https://nyti.ms/3U2OLpV
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Quick Glance: Commentary: China's young "lie flat" in the face of societal challenges
- HOUSTON: The "lying flat" or "tang ping" movement first appeared in China in 2021.
- Those who are "lying flat" instead of having children add to official concerns about China's declining birth rate.
- Officials may blame the lying flat issue on economic developments like rising property prices and interruptions in global supply lines, but Xi's third-term ambitions make him unlikely to accept criticism.
- China relies on economic growth, but it is uncertain how the CCP and Xi will deal with the lying flat movement.
Quick Glance: China will encourage foreign investment in manufacturing.
- 1/3] On September 8, 2021, an employee at Ringpu Biotech in Tianjin, China, works on a packaging line for chicken vaccination.
- The statement on Tuesday also pledged assistance to foreign firms sending workers to China.
Quick Glance: Xi Jinping has silver linings for the rest of the world
- The economy is suffering as a result of Xi's policies.
- In the first decade of this century, China grew at a rate of 10.3% each year on average.
- An economist who has been warning for years that China's economic model is unsustainable, George Magnus, believes the country's trend growth rate is between 2% and 3% every year.
- China's emissions may have already peaked if the economy grows at a slower rate.
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Quick Glance: China's new Communist Party constitution requires Xi's devotion.
- BEIJING (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Communist Party's constitution now specifies that members must "uphold" President Xi Jinping's leadership, implying that a more stringent crackdown on dissent is on the way.
- The charter states that party members must "uphold Comrade Xi Jinping's core position" as well as "uphold the Central Committee's authority and its centralized, unified leadership," according to a revised version posted Wednesday by the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao mysteriously escorted out in front of Xi Jinping
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