Of the 24 men on the Politburo, the Communist Party’s decision-making body, three spent decades in the aerospace and defence industries and now oversee key regional economies or sectors on a national level. As Beijing intensifies its anti-corruption campaign, the […]
The appointment, announced by the Chinese embassy in Seoul on Friday, fills a vacancy of more than five months since the previous ambassador departed. Dai takes over at a time of growing geopolitical complexity, and some observers believe that his
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Beijing has stripped two more generals in the People’s Liberation Army of their lawmaker status, as China continues a wider anti-corruption drive into the country’s military. A notice on Wednesday by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC)
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Authorities in mainland China have returned a Taiwanese fishing boat and released its captain, more than four months after they were seized near Quemoy islands. The Da Jin Man 88 and its captain, surnamed Hong, were repatriated on Friday, according
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He made the speech in May last year but the excerpts were published for the first time on Friday in Qiushi, the Communist Party’s top theoretical journal. The impact of population decline “must be viewed in a dialectical manner”, Xi
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