Tag Archives: Xi Jinping

• China’s Hu clears way for Xi to take party helm 14 November 2012 | Gillian Wong This post has no comments yet

  President Hu Jintao has stepped aside as Communist Party leader to clear the way for Vice President Xi Jinping to take the helm in China. ...

• China opens power transfer by keeping it off-stage 8 November 2012 | Charles Hutzler This post has no comments yet

  China's ruling communists opened a pivotal congress to initiate a power handover to new leaders Thursday with a nod to their revolutionary past. ...

• How selection of China’s new leadership works | 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. ...