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China’s Communist Party
Latest news, analysis and opinion on the Communist Party of China which has ruled the country since 1949 and is currently led by General Secretary Xi Jinping. The party currently has over 90 million members and it began to admit private entrepreneurs into its ranks in 2001.
President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi wave to the crowd after Xi’s arrival at Cairo International Airport on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
China trade

What Xi’s tour of Egypt and Central Asia reveals about China’s trade strategy

Presidential tour highlights strategy of shifting manufacturing abroad, shielding domestic exporters from growing global barriers.

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Corruption in China

China’s corruption investigation procedures

Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

Editorial | China’s anti-corruption campaign is here to stay

US-China trade war

Congress advances new bill to give US edge in open-source AI race with China

Legislation to promote adoption of US open-source models while publicising the risks associated with using their Chinese counterparts.

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An influx of powerful new open-weight models, including Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, has helped China dominate the industry recently. Photo: Reuters
Shanghai

Finance official moves into pole position to become Shanghai’s next mayor

Zhu Zhongming, a former vice-minister for finance, has been appointed to a leading role in the city’s government.

Diplomacy

Opinion | US-China AI rivalry needn’t preclude cooperation

Forcing countries to choose between the US’ and China’s initiatives would be counterproductive to global AI governance.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese rescuers reach checkpoint destroyed by deadly floods along Nepal border

Footage taken at Gyirong Port in Tibet shows scenes of utter devastation following disaster that killed hundreds of people.

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The first rescue teams reached the border crossing in Gyirong. Photo: CCTV
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

In Focus | Xi’s crusade against corruption has gone well beyond economic crime

Wider campaign is now increasingly about how officials use their power, whether they toe the line, and what they do in their private lives.

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Corruption in China

China’s anti-corruption drive by the numbers

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-corruption campaign, which started 13 years ago, has seen hundreds of top officials fall from grace.

Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

In Focus | Why China’s mineral hubs and border regions face heaviest anti-corruption toll

China’s past CCDI annual plenums stress intensifying efforts to combat corruption where ‘power, funds and resources are concentrated’.

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China's economic recovery

China’s steel sector must avoid US rust belt’s fate: party journal

Trade barriers, oversupply and falling export prices are squeezing steel producers as the Qiushi Journal warns against letting the industry contract.

A worker polishes a steel bicycle rim at a factory manufacturing sports equipment in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
Communist Party politics

It’s official: China’s cadres are liable for environmental damage for life

Revised personnel rules tie performance to eco-impact more closely as the country shifts gear from growth to sustainability.

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US-China relations

‘Normal stability’: US-China Track 1.5 talks offer formula for ties

Senior party official Liu Haixing uses unofficial discussions to make the case for disagreements to remain ‘controllable’.

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Corruption in China

Xi’s 13-year corruption campaign just keeps accelerating

China’s anti-graft investigators are targeting more officials, including more retirees, according to a South China Morning Post research project.

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters
Corruption in China

In Focus | More than ‘a gust of wind’: behind Xi Jinping’s expanding anti-graft campaign

Far from a temporary crackdown, the campaign has proved to be a key tool for enforcing party discipline and driving economic strategy.

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China's economic recovery

‘Policy addiction’ warning signals Beijing’s preference for targeted stimulus

With an eye on long-term stability, People’s Daily says officials have tools to respond amid weak demand, property risks and local-government debt.

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Zhu Rongji

Publisher’s Pen | Remembering Zhu Rongji and understanding his legacy

The late Chinese premier showed genuine love and support for Hong Kong and kept ‘one country, two systems’ dear to his heart.

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Communist Party politics

Opinion | Why China is highlighting Jiang Zemin’s legacy

Placing Jiang in the uninterrupted development of the Communist Party and the country reinforces a political narrative of succession without rupture.

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China economy

Opinion | As China shows, liberal capitalism is not the only path

China has disproved one of the post-Cold War era’s most confident assumptions: that the Western model is the only route to modernity.

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Hong Kong courts

Court orders defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million over defamatory articles

Judge says Apple Daily failed to prove its allegations or allow China Innovation Investment and its executives to respond before publication.

Jiang Zemin

Top Chinese general invokes Jiang to highlight importance of loyalty in military

CMC vice-chair Zhang Shengmin recalls how late president steered the country through the turmoil that followed the end of the Soviet bloc.

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Jiang Zemin, pictured in a military parade in Beijing in 1999. Photo: Reuters
Zhu Rongji

Xi Jinping leads party elite in final farewell for ex-premier Zhu Rongji

Party elite attend ceremony at Beijing’s Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery and offer condolences to Zhu’s family.

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President Xi Jinping conveys his condolences to members of Zhu Rongji’s family at a cremation ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday. Top Communist Party leaders gathered to pay their respects to the late former premier of China. Photo: Xinhua
Xi Jinping

Editorial | Xi Jinping’s tribute to Jiang Zemin reinforces continuity and party unity

The president’s speech at a ceremony commemorating the centenary of Jiang’s birth sends a strong signal in the run-up to the 21st Communist Party congress.

Mainland China

China’s Xi praises former president Jiang’s contribution in show of party unity

Thousands gather at the Great Hall of the People for the Chinese leader’s speech honouring Jiang Zemin on his 100th birth anniversary.

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Jiang Zemin

Communist Party invokes Jiang’s legacy in call to rally round Xi’s leadership

Article in People’s Daily marking the former leader’s centenary stressed the importance of unity when navigating ‘rough waters’.

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Jiang Zemin, pictured in a display at the Communist Party musuem in Beijing, took China into the World Trade Organization in 2001. Photo: EPA
Zhu Rongji

China to fly flags at half-mast for former premier Zhu Rongji’s funeral

The late statesman, known for his pivotal role in transitioning China towards a market economy, will be cremated in Beijing on Tuesday.

Zhu Rongji, who served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003, died on Wednesday at the age of 97. Photo: Reuters
China’s internet censorship

China targets pseudo-history conspiracists who claim civilisations were stolen

Zhejiang agency says pseudo-historical claims – made worse by AI – reflect ignorance and fracture social cognition.

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Zhu Rongji

The 11 key achievements of China’s ‘iron premier’ Zhu Rongji – in his own words

As he laid the groundwork for China’s economic transformation, the tough reformer won a reputation for speaking bluntly.

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