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China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reins

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is taking his final bow in a departure that marks a shift from the technocrats who have helped steer the world's second-biggest economy in favor of officials with unquestioned loyalty to President Xi Jinping

The Independent UK

China hikes military spending 7.2% in face of 'escalating' threats

China said Sunday its military spending would rise at the fastest pace in four years, warning of "escalating" threats from abroad at a meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament that is set to hand Xi Jinping a third term as president.

Bangkok Post

Pushing for a post-COVID rebound, China targets GDP growth of 'around 5%' this year

Outgoing premier Li Keqiang told delegates at the National People's Congress that China is aiming to rebound economically after COVID slowed them down

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China sets economic growth target of 5% as parliament opens

China’s parliament set to hand Xi Jinping third term as president and implement biggest government shake-up in a decade.

Al Jazeera

Xi Jinping to tighten Communist party’s grip with overhaul of China’s government at key meeting

The NPC, China’s rubber-stamp parliament, will gather this weekend to approve far-reaching changes, and Xi’s unprecedented third term as president

The Guardian - AU

China looks to consumers to drive economic rebound

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for this month’s meeting of the ceremonial national legislature: Revive the economy by encouraging consumers to spend more now that severe anti-virus controls have ended

The Independent UK

In China's tourist hotspot Sanya, small vendors rue lukewarm recovery

Sophia Ong, owner of a small eatery in China's tourist beach hotspot Sanya, thought she would be ideally placed to reap the benefits of the country scapping its zero-COVID policy in December last year.

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Analysis-China's COVID policymaking under scrutiny as infections soar

After China scrapped three years of zero-COVID curbs in 30 days, setting off a massive wave of infections, Beijing's policymakers face an immense challenge to treat the sick and minimise deaths while winning back public trust dented by previous policies.

Reuters

Study Reveals Use Of Cationic Nanonmaterials To Treat Obesity

There are two main kinds of fat: visceral fat, internal tissues that surround the stomach, liver, and intestines, and subcutaneous fat, found under the skin anywhere in the body.Read on for details:

Dynamite News

President Xi Jinping: Who could replace him and what might it mean for the world

Disapproval of the leader is spreading as the population becomes angered by China's strict zero-Covid policy

Wales Online

Weekly Must-Read: Yuan Gets More International Love as Dollar Rivalry Grows

China and its trading partners are doing more business in yuan, Belt and Road investment is increasingly being funded in the Chinese currency, and ‘dim sum’ bond sales are booming

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 2.62% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 3.24%

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Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.77% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index finished nearly flat

Caixin Global

He Lifeng: China's expected new economic tsar has big shoes to fill

He Lifeng, head of China's state planning agency, is likely to succeed the country's economic tsar Vice Premier Liu He in March, but may struggle to maintain his predecessor's policy clout.

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Russia, Hungary congratulate Xi Jinping on third term as EU and US remain silent

China's economy grew at a faster pace than forecast in the third quarter of 2022, but investors have reacted with alarm to President Xi Jinping's sweeping new powers over the ruling Communist Party.

France 24

All of Xi's men: Loyalty first for new Chinese leadership

Seven men and all his ducks in a row. Xi Jinping's third term has been rubber stamped and a new Communist Party leadership unveiled at a Congress that is set to shape China’s politics for much more than just the next five years. We ask about those promoted, like Li…

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Who are the men now ruling China? Meet the members of Xi Jinping's powerful Politburo Standing Committee

Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled his seven-member Politburo Standing Committee after securing a third term as party leader on Sunday. This is what we know about the seven men on the country's highest decision-making body.

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Xi’s grip tightens as China resets its foreign relations team, with Taiwan still top of mind

The expulsion of Hu Jintao from the Chinese Communist Party’s congress was the only real surprise of a tightly choreographed event confirming Xi Jinping’s ascendancy.

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The Guardian - AU

Who is Li Qiang, the man poised to become China’s next premier?

Communist Party chief of Shanghai has been anointed as the second-ranking Politburo Standing Committee member thanks to his loyalty to Xi Jinping

France 24

All Xi’s men: Takeaways from China’s historic Communist Party Congress

The 20th session of the Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing ended Sunday with Xi Jinping securing an unprecedented third presidential term. That was the set piece, arranged for maximum political ends. The real story though was the unscripted dramas – the men who rose and fell in the party’s…

AFP

Li Qiang: Xi loyalist likely to be China's next premier

Beijing (AFP) - One of President Xi Jinping's most trusted proteges, Li Qiang is almost certain to become China's next premier after he was unveiled as number two in the Communist Party hierarchy on Sunday.

Reuters

Beijing party chief Cai, Xi loyalist, vaults to top rank

Cai Qi catapulted to the top rung of China's leadership on Sunday, capping a late career rise that overcame a less than ideal stretch as Beijing's Communist Party boss.

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who in Xi Jinping’s China as leader cements power

An introduction to loyal Xi acolytes on politburo standing committee who will now shape Xi’s vision for China

Reuters

China's next premier Li: A Xi loyalist who oversaw Shanghai lockdown

Li Qiang, who oversaw Shanghai's grinding two-month COVID-19 lockdown this year as party boss of China's commercial hub, is on track to become China's next premier after President Xi Jinping unveiled a new governing body packed with loyalists.

Al Jazeera

Who’s on China’s new Politburo Standing Committee?

The elite committee was appointed following a week-long Congress of the governing party.

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