Tag Archives: Xi Jinping

• How selection of China’s new leadership works 8 November 2012 | The Associated Press This post has no comments yet

  China's communist elite are meeting to install a new generation of leaders in a process that is part public show and part backroom politicking. ...

• Suicides in Tibet off limits to Australian diplomats 4 October 2012 | Michael Sainsbury This post has no comments yet

  The Australian government has been refused access to areas of Tibet that have been plagued with horrific self-immolation in protest against Chinese rule. ...

• China says disgraced leader Bo expelled from party 28 September 2012 | Christopher Bodeen This post has no comments yet

  China's communist leadership expelled Bo Xilai from the ruling party Friday and sought to bury him with charges ranging from corruption to sexual affairs. ...

• Dalai Lama hopes China’s new rulers will see need for change 27 September 2012 This post has one comment

  Ahead of an imminent change in Chinese leadership, the Dalai Lama has cautioned China that persistent use of force and repression in Tibet is like "suicide". ...

• China’s Xi meets Panetta, wants better military ties with US 19 September 2012 | David Alexander This post has no comments yet

  China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Wednesday held his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago. ...

• China’s Xi finally appears in public amid rumours over health 15 September 2012 | Chris Buckley and Ben Blanchard This post has no comments yet

  Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping appeared in public on Saturday for the first time in about two weeks, visiting a Beijing university. ...

• Mystery absence of Xi Jinping sparks rumours 10 September 2012 | Christopher Bodeen This post has no comments yet

  Where is China's President-in-waiting Xi Jinping? Mystery absence of Xi sends rumour mills into frenzy. ...

• Beijing car crash opens door to another scandal in China 2 September 2012 This post has no comments yet

  Before dawn on March 18, a black Ferrari slammed into a concrete barrier in Beijing, killing the young male driver and setting off yet another episode in the soap opera that has become Chinese politics. ...

• Does China’s next leader have a soft spot for Tibet? 31 August 2012 | Benjamin Kang Lim and Frank Jack Daniel This post has one comment

  Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama once had a special relationship with the father of Xi Jinping, the man in line to become China's next president. ...

• China’s top two obsessions — loyalty and Party 26 July 2012 | Claude Arpi This post has no comments yet

  China has had two obsessions: stability and loyalty to the Party. When Beijing's State machinery starts hammering a certain issue on the masses, it usually means that the leadership has a serious predicament. ...