Xi Jinping

China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. China’s annual, week-long parliamentary meeting just ended on Monday. Apart from confirming President Xi Jinping for a historic third term and appointing a new batch of other top leaders, the…

Defence, the economy and Taiwan were among the issues addressed by China's supreme leader as the CPPCC concluded. Chinese President Xi Jinping (Image: AAP/AP/Andy Wong) The annual National People’s Congress (NCP) of China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) and its dual track advisory body the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) concluded on…

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 World leaders continued to extend congratulations to Xi Jinping on his election as president of the People’s Republic of China. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said he is ready to work with the Chinese side to raise the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries to…

Xi is China’s most powerful leader since Mao Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 was unanimously sworn into his third term as China’s president at a NPC meeting on Friday, further cementing his grip on power. For some, the extended reign of China’s most powerful leader since Máo Zédōng 毛泽东 has marked a…

A video-link talk between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will happen after a visit by Xi to Moscow next week, the Wall Street Journal said. While there was no immediate official confirmation of that trip from either the Kremlin or Beijing, both countries have said for…

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…