Tag Archives: Xi Jinping

It’s Xi Jinping!

Posted on 2013-03-15 by Barry van Wyk

Yesterday was the day: the baton has been passed to a new generation of leaders. The very moment of this transition was captured in the form of a handshake between former president Hu Jintao and new president Xi Jinping yesterday … Continue reading →

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“Let the people have justice”: Xi Jinping calls for reform of “education through labour”

Posted on 2013-01-08 by Barry van Wyk

“Education through labor” (劳教) has been the fate of many people in China since the 1950s: confinement to a labor camp to be reformed through hard work. The system is still very much in operation in China today, with more … Continue reading →

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Xi Jinping does his own Southern Tour

Posted on 2012-12-12 by Barry van Wyk

The message today is loud and clear – “No halt in opening up, no stopping reform”: 北京日报 东莞时报 晶报 南方日报 青年报 人民日报 深圳晚报 信息时报 中国青年报 China’s newspapers today are in a festive mood because China is forging ahead with reform, … Continue reading →

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Xi Jinping: “New start, new expectations, new era”

Posted on 2012-11-16 by Barry van Wyk

Xi Jinping has the biggest and most ubiquitous picture on the front pages of China’s newspapers today, signifying that he is now in charge, unlike yesterday when Hu Jintao’s picture was still all over the front pages. With the new seven-member Politburo … Continue reading →

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Danwei Week: Xi Jinping’s family fortunes and demonstrations in Shifang

Posted on 2012-07-06 by Rebecca Bailey

This is the Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. We’ll choose a maximum of five topics per week, and try to link to the best coverage of them in English. If this … Continue reading →

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Both Xi Jinping and Zhou Yongkang meet with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Posted on 2012-04-13 by Allison Carol Goldman

The front page of today’s People’s Daily features the headline, “Use practical acts to maintain reform, development and stability.” The article says the majority of party members, cadres and the masses strongly support the CPC Central Committee’s decision to discipline Bo Xilai and … Continue reading →

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It’s Xi Jinping, baby!

Posted on 2010-10-19 by Alice Xin Liu

The news that Xi Jinping has been appointed vice chairman of the Central Military Commission at the end of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has sparked off renewed debate that he will be appointed the next president.

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Greeting from the vice president

Posted on 2010-01-06 by Eric Mu

Qianjing Evening News: Over a million party cadres received a greeting from vice president Xi Jinping following the launch of the “National Low-level Party Construction Mobile Phone Network”

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Well-fed foreigners pointing fingers

Posted on 2009-02-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A video of Xi Jinping talking about well-fed foreigners with nothing better to do than make trouble for China.

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