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China’s central bank chief a task master Xi couldn’t retire
By his early twenties, Pan Gongsheng‘s ambition had already propelled him from a farming village in eastern China to a prestigious Beijing graduate school, where…
Xi, Blinken agree to stabilise tense US-China relations
BEIJING: China and the United States agreed on Monday to stabilise their intense rivalry so it doesn’t veer into conflict but failed to produce any…
Odisha train accident: Xi, Macron, Putin lead world in expressing grief
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin along with several other leaders, including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Chinese President Xi Jinping…
Analysis: China’s Ukraine plan mixes peace, self-interest
BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces daunting obstacles if he is serious about trying to help end the 14-month-old war. The biggest: Neither Ukraine nor…
A punch in the face for Xi caricature: Taiwan air force badge goes viral
TAIPEI/BEIJING: Taiwanese are rushing to buy patches being worn by their air force pilots that depict a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh –…
Who is China’s President Xi Jinping?
BEIJING: When Xi Jinping took power in 2012, some observers predicted he would be the most liberal Communist Party leader in China’s history, based on…
Xi Jinping’s planned revival of Chinese financial watchdog exerts more party control
BEIJING: Plans by China’s Communist Party to revive a high-level economic watchdog after two decades signal President Xi Jinping push to increase oversight of the…