Communist Party Congress

Xi Jinping's glowing profile by State media is a peek into his private life, but skirts around a lot of tricky aspects

Xi emerged from a twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress last month with his power ever further cemented and key allies appointed to top new positions.

Beijing likely to more powerfully reassert claim on South China Sea, diplomats say

China has quietly undertaken more construction and reclamation in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show, and is likely to more powerfully reassert its claims, regional diplomats say.

China unlikely to grant license to video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds due to graphic content

The game’s gladiator-like battle “severely deviates from the socialist core value and the Chinese traditional culture and moral rule", said China.

India hopeful policy set by China's Communist Party Congress will promote bilateral ties

On China's offer for India to join its 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR) initiative, which includes the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Kumar said India's position on the issue is well-known.

Donald Trump congratulates 'powerful man' Xi Jinping after China president tightens grip on power

President Donald Trump congratulated Xi Jinping on Wednesday, after the Chinese leader solidified his grip on power at a landmark Communist Party Congress.

Xi unveils China's new leaders but no clear heir-apparent: Why president refuses to divulge successor and what it means for India

Xi broke away from an unwritten party tradition introduced by former leader Deng Xiaoping who wanted to bring a semblance of order into an opaque and fractious power-transition process.

Donald Trump expected to pressure Xi Jinping to rein in North Korea's Kim Jong Un, say officials

US president Donald Trump is expected to pressure China’s president when they meet next month in Beijing to do more to rein in North Korea

Communist Party Congress: Xi Jinping serves gobi machurian-style communism to make China great again

In order to achieve the 'national rejuvenation', Xi demanded total allegiance to his guidelines from Chinese people and communist party members.

Sikkim border row: Xi Jinping's 'Chinese dream' makes solution unlikely before his re-election in November

What worries the world is that the Chinese dream has come to mean, among other things domestically, that Xi will turn China into a muscle-flexing monster across continents to browbeat countries that refuse to toe the Chinese line.

Vietnam elects police chief Tran Dai Quang as country's new president

Vietnam's National Assembly has elected the police chief to be the country's new president, the second-highest post in the country