BEIJING (Reuters) -Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a third term as leader of China’s ruling Communist Party and unveiled a seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, which he heads, that will determine the path of the country’s development in the next five years. Below are the personnel elected on Sunday by the Central Committee, the biggest of …
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(Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a new Politburo Standing Committee stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Here are initial reactions from analysts and experts: ALVIN TAN, HEAD OF ASIA FX STRATEGY, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, SINGAPORE” “It …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday. Hu, 79, Xi Jinping’s immediate predecessor, was seated to the left of Xi. He was led off the stage of the main auditorium of the Great Hall of the People …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican on Saturday said that it and China had renewed a secret and contested agreement on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the communist country. It was the second time the accord, which is still provisional, was extended for another two years since it was first reached …
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KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group’s administration said on Saturday. The Islamic State members killed in the raid on their hideout were involved in two major attacks in recent weeks, one on a city mosque …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party amended its constitution on Saturday, further cementing President Xi Jinping’s power ahead of what is expected to be his precedent-breaking third term as party general secretary. The party constitution, or charter, is a document of ultimate authority by which all 96 million party members must abide, and amendments …
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By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Three members of a Hong Kong pro-democracy student group were sentenced on Saturday to up to three years jail for conspiracy to incite subversion, after setting up street booths that allegedly called on people to oppose the government. The three, plus one ordered to go …
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By Yew Lun Tian and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s ruling Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday, cementing Xi Jinping’s iron grip on power and revealing a new Central Committee missing two key officials lacking close ties to the leader. Xi, 69, is poised to clinch a third five-year leadership term as …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Over 2,000 delegates to a twice-a-decade congress of China’s ruling Communist Party in Beijing elected a new 205-person Central Committee on Saturday that will set the course of Chinese policymaking for the next five years. Among the newly elected members of the Central Committee, the largest of the party’s top decision-making bodies, …
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(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck western Sichuan region in China on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 80 km (50 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Shubhendu Deshmukh in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)
