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BEJIING -- President Xi Jinping called Monday for China to play a bigger role in managing global affairs after Beijing scored a diplomatic coup as the host of talks that produced an agreement by Saudi Arabia and Iran to reopen diplomatic relations. Xi gave no details of the ruling Communist…

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Xi Jinping on his re-election for a third five-year term as President and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People’s Republic of China. This is contained in a statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in…

Two-step promotion for Qin within months completes diplomatic reshuffle as Beijing underlines global leadership role and President Xi Jinping begins historic third term...Read More

China unexpectedly kept its Central Bank Governor and Finance Minister in their posts at the annual session of the rubber-stamp parliament on March 12, prioritising continuity as economic challenges loom at home and abroad. President Xi Jinping, who has been installing allies in key roles in a government reshuffle as…

A former Communist Party leader of Shanghai known for implementing a brutal Covid lockdown in the business hub was officially designated China's new premier on Saturday. Li Qiang was nominated by President Xi Jinping and appointed to the position with no dissenting voices at Saturday morning’s session of the National…

BEIJING -- China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years. Li was nominated by Xi and appointed to the position at Saturday…

President Xi Jinping has cemented his position as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. AFP/WANG Zhao Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third term as China's president, solidifying his control and making him the longest-serving head of state of Communist China since its founding in 1949. The term was officially…

Chinese President Xi Jinping takes his oath after he is unanimously elected as President during a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo / AP Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president, putting…

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third term as president of China on Friday during a parliamentary session in which he tightened his control of the world’s second-largest economy as it emerges from a COVID slump and diplomatic challenges mount. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s…

The 66-year-old is seen as a trusted ally of President Xi Jinping and has years of experience in key party organs...Read More