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Beijing (AFP) - China's 20th Congress wraps up this weekend with a lot more at stake than simply President Xi Jinping's bid to secure a historic third term as Communist Party chief.

Asian shares are mostly lower in muted trading as investors eye inflation and await the outcome of a Communist Party congress in China

China is doubling down on its at times draconian “zero-COVID” policies, even as the population may have wished for a hint at the Communist Party's congress that the rules would be eased

Xi Jinping, poised to clinch a third five-year term as China's leader, will on Sunday preside over the most dramatic moment of the Communist Party's twice-a-decade congress and reveal the members of its elite Politburo Standing Committee.

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The video that purportedly shows a seriously ill 16-year-old female being ignored at a quarantine centre has gone viral.

Addressing China's Communist Party's Congress on Sunday, President Xi Jinping told delegates at the twice-a-decade event to "Be mindful of dangers in the midst of peace. Get the house in good repair before rain comes, and prepare to undergo the major tests of winds and waves and even perilous, stormy…

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China's capital, Beijing, has dialled up measures to stop COVID, strengthening public checks and locking down some residential compounds after a quadrupling of its case load in recent weeks, just as a key Communist Party congress entered full swing.

Xi Jinping is primed to receive a third five-year term as head of China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday

Between China's 20th Communist Party Congress, that began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War Two in a race to deter Beijing from war in East Asia, according to Japanese government officials and security analysts.