26 h. ago Is China President Xi Jinping picking his successor? Key Beijing meet holds key

Is China President Xi Jinping picking his successor? Key Beijing meet holds key  The Economic Times

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1 week ago Trump threatens to scrap meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and impose ‘massive’ China tariffs

Trump threatens to scrap meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and impose ‘massive’ China tariffs  New York Post

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1 week ago China to host global women’s summit, with Xi Jinping to deliver keynote speech

China will host a global women’s summit in Beijing next week where President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and deliver the keynote speech. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the event on Thursday, confirming an earlier article by the South China Morning Post which reported that the event would take place in October. The summit, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, was first announced by Foreign...

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3 w. ago Xi calls for religion crackdown as path to ethnic and social harmony in China

China’s President Xi Jinping has called for further enactment of law and regulation, as well as stricter law enforcement for religious affairs in a push to sinicise religions in the country, state media reported. Xi made the remark on Monday while presiding over a group study session of the ruling Communist Party’s Politburo study session. “Governing religious affairs in accordance with the law is the fundamental way to properly handle various contradictions and problems in the religious field,”...

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3 w. ago China announces plan to cut its greenhouse emissions by 7 to 10%

China, currently the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has announced it aims to cut its emissions by 7-10 per cent by 2035. In a video address to the United Nations high-level climate summit on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his fellow leaders that China will finally reduce the emissions of the gases that cause global warming and extreme weather. “Green and low-carbon energy and development transition are the trend of our era,” proclaimed Xi. The announcement comes at a...

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4 w. ago Xi Jinping is first Chinese president to attend Xinjiang anniversary celebration

China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Urumqi to attend the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to state media reports, making him the first national leader to attend such a landmark celebration. Established by the central government in October 1955, Xinjiang is one of China’s five autonomous regions with significant ethnic minority populations. At least 10 million Uygurs, who are predominantly Muslim, live in the region. Yu Zhengsheng, then the...

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