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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.
Chinese military officers in uniform attend an evening gala marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party in Beijing on Monday. Photo: CCTV
Central Military Commission

What a seating chart reveals about the future of China’s military leadership

Two generals appear near top PLA officers at a high-profile event, signalling their swift rise to fill gaps left by anti-graft campaign.

Hong Kong politics

Editorial | Prospects for Hong Kong are looking up, 29 years after the handover

Hong Kong politics

Why is Hong Kong holding Communist Party anniversary events? One word: stability

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Xi Jinping

A model for other states? China’s Xi lauds Communist Party’s global influence

On the 105th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding, Xi Jinping also warns members to stay vigilant and prepare for challenges.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is applauded at a ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong politics

Communist Party a ‘fundamental safeguard’ of Hong Kong’s prosperity: John Lee

City leader also sets priorities for final year of his tenure during handover and party anniversary celebrations.

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US-China relations

Exclusive | US lawmaker defends calling witness ‘racist’ in explosive China committee clash

Californian congressman says ‘denaturalise’ comments by Michael Lucci, founder of State Armor, are ‘absurd’.

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China's ageing population

As China’s Communist Party grows more slowly, its members are getting older

World’s second-largest political party is ageing, official data shows, with nearly 30 per cent of members aged 61 or older.

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The ageing of the Communist Party is unfolding alongside a broader demographic crisis across the country. Photo: AFP
Corruption in China

Just how far are China’s local officials going in falsifying performance data?

The cases are the clearest examples yet of the behaviour Beijing is targeting in its campaign on the ‘correct view of political performance’.

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Crime

Exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for 30 years in US for fraud

A New York judge ordered Guo to forfeit US$889 million in restitution, saying he ‘preyed on those seeking to bring Democracy to China’.

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Corruption in China

What goes on inside the 10-week ideology camp for China’s top military brass

According to state media, Xi personally decided to launch the exercise, which lasted 10 weeks and involved hundreds of officers.

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The goal of the training camp was to make sure that senior military officials know “which red lines must never be crossed, which bottom lines must never be breached”. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

Open Questions | Nie Huihua on non-Westernness of Chinese government and challenge to innovation

Harvard-trained professor examines the tension between strengthening centralised control and encouraging local enthusiasm.

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China's State Administration for Market Regulation

Open Questions | Ex-Harvard Chinese author on why West doesn’t get China

Nie Huihua, economist trained in the West, explains why viewing China’s development through a Western lens misses the full picture.

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China-UK relations

UK envoy visits Yanan, historic party site rarely seen by Western officials

Peter Wilson also goes to the village where Xi Jinping spent years in hard labour during Cultural Revolution.

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US-China relations

China’s US envoy calls for 10-fold rise in tariff-free trade under joint board

Ambassador Xie Feng tells Washington gala many American business friends share his view on direction of US-China Board of Trade.

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Ambassador Xie Feng gives a speech in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: US-China Business Council
Yuan

Shanghai to lead ‘financial superpower’ push as China unveils plan to boost yuan

China’s central bank governor speaks at annual financial forum about further opening repurchase facilities and offshore trading to foreign central banks.

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HAIAN, CHINA - MARCH 20, 2024 - A staff member counts Chinese yuan at a bank in Haian, East China’s Jiangsu province, March 20, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Xi Jinping

Xi’s thought on governing the party announced as new official doctrine

‘Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building’ emphasises strict discipline, centralised leadership and wiping out corruption.

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Taiwan

Top Beijing official hails ‘enthusiastic’ Taiwanese role in cross-strait event

Wang Huning tells delegates to ‘stand on the right side of history’ after the island’s ruling party banned officials from attending the forum.

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Xi Jinping

Why the new party academy role held by Xi Jinping’s chief of staff is important

China’s president describes party schools as crucial for helping uphold ideological direction in the face of ‘hostile forces’.

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Cai Qi, 70, will head China’s Central Party School. He sits on the Politburo Standing Committee and is secretary of the party’s secretariat and director of the party’s general office. Photo: Reuters
Doxxing and cyberbullying

China bans 11 online activities under tighter rules to curb rumours, cyberbullies

New regulations for content creators unveiled as cyber police punish two web users for trolling village official over ‘gold’ earrings.

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Taiwan

KMT leader says Taiwan can preserve peace by avoiding ‘de jure independence’

Cheng Li-wun tells Harvard audience peace needs deterrence and dialogue as she criticises DPP defence spending plans.

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Mainland China

Xi Jinping’s ‘chief of staff’ Cai Qi takes Central Party School helm

Politburo Standing Committee member Cai, who ranks fifth in the Communist Party hierarchy, will head the elite cadre college.

Politburo Standing Committee member Cai Qi is the new head of the Central Party School. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

US citizen and journalist charged with acting as Chinese agent

According to court documents, Thomas Weir Pauken II worked at the ‘direction and control’ of Chinese officials for at least seven years.

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An American citizen is facing federal charges after being accused of working as an agent for the Chinese government. Photo: Shutterstock
Tibet

Tibetology is key to China shaping global views on the region, top official says

Li Ganjie, head of the United Front Work Department, emphasises the role that academia plays in ‘discourse power’.

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US-China relations

Taiwan opposition leader promotes cross-strait peace during US trip

Cheng Li-wun is in San Francisco at the start of a two-week US visit that is being closely monitored in Beijing, Taipei and Washington.

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Communist Party politics

China’s anti-corruption watchdog targets its former senior official Li Xiaohong

The 73-year-old who retired nine years ago from the CCDI is suspected of ‘serious violations of discipline and law’.

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Li Xiaohong, a former senior disciplinary official in charge of national inspection, is being investigated by China’s anti-corruption authorities. Photo: Handout
Communist Party politics

More red tape, less progress: China’s cadres struggle to adopt ‘error tolerance’

Sapping time, energy and morale, bureaucratic practices keep weighing down local officials across the country, report finds.

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Beijing has long called for easing the burden of local cadres and reining in formalism and bureaucratic excess – a long-standing challenge within China’s vast administrative system. Photo: AFP
Science

Top Chinese map-making scientist Zhou Chenghu netted in anti-corruption sweep

Cartographer with business empire in spatial data and low-altitude economy suspected of ‘serious violations of duty’.

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Internet Culture

As pioneering Chinese web forum returns, authorities warn free speech has limits

Financial problems forced Tianya to shut down in 2023, but it returned on Monday to combat the rise of ‘fast-food content’.

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