Media Report
- The New York Times reports: "Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled on Wednesday the new leadership team that will help him govern the world's most populous nation for the next five years. The six men, whom Mr. Xi presented before cameras in the Great Hall of the People, will join him on the Politburo Standing Committee, the Communist Party's highest decision-making body. In addition to Mr. Xi and Premier Li Keqiang, who was already a member, the Standing Committee has added five new faces to help steer China as it seeks greater global influence. Here's a look at the men leading China: Xi Jinping, Communist Party General Secretary, State President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission... Li Keqiang, Premier... Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the People's National Congress... Wang Yang, Executive Vice Premier... Wang Huning, Responsibility for Party Propaganda and Ideology... Zhao Leji, Chief of the party's anti-corruption agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection... Han Zhen, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference."
- Reuters reports: "Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday tapped a low-profile official to lead his signature war on corruption, replacing the retiring Wang Qishan, whose sweeping anti-graft campaign had made him China's second most-powerful politician. Zhao Leji was appointed to the new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee and will take up Wang's role as head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) from his position as head of the Communist Party's powerful Organisation Department, which is in charge of personnel. Zhao's appointment is likely to spur efforts to turn the fight against graft from a campaign into a structured feature of China's political system, analysts said. Xi's corruption fight has ensnared more than 1.3 million officials, and he said during the twice-a-decade party congress that wrapped up this week that the battle to take down both "tigers" and "flies" will continue, a reference to elite officials and ordinary bureaucrats."
- Foreign Policy comments: "New revelations about the Chinese government's attempt to forcibly repatriate a Chinese fugitive show an assertive Beijing benefitting from a U.S. administration at odds with itself. But who is that American casino mogul who has apparently become the Chinese government's backchannel to the White House? It turns out he's a businessman beholden to Beijing and willing to press their case in the corridors of power in Washington — and he has just the ticket. Earlier this year, Guo Wengui, a Chinese real estate mogul who now resides in New York, began making allegations of corruption against high-ranking Chinese officials. His presence in the United States has caused growing diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing, which has accused him of fraud and kidnapping and demanded his extradition back to China. Then Steve Wynn, an American casino magnate, reportedly hand-delivered a letter to Trump from the Chinese government asking him to ship Guo home. Trump later recalled the letter during an Oval Office briefing on Chinese economic espionage. 'Where's the letter that Steve brought?' aides in the room at the time reported Trump as saying, according to the Wall Street Journal. 'We need to get this criminal out of the country'... The incident demonstrates that the Chinese government has figured out who Trump listens to and how to mobilize these people to further their agenda inside the White House. In other words, they've cracked the Trump code."
Calendar
- 2017-10-24 Trump to press China on North Korea, trade on Beijing visit
- 2017-10-23 China’s Pursuit of Fugitive Businessman Guo Wengui Kicks Off Manhattan Caper Worthy of Spy Thriller
- 2017-10-22 China Says Jobless Rate Lowest in Years, but Challenges Persist
- 2017-10-20 What We Learned on Day Three of China’s Party Congress
- 2017-10-19 What We Learned on Day Two of China's Communist Party Congress
- 2017-10-18 China Is Quietly Reshaping the World
- 2017-10-17 China's Communist Party is holding its most important meeting in years: Here's what you need to know
- 2017-10-16 China stands at 'a new historic starting point,' Communist Party says
- 2017-10-15 China's Pollution Crackdown Is Gaining Momentum
- 2017-10-13 China’s trade with North Korea slumps as nuclear sanctions finally start to bite
News
- The New York Times These Seven Men Now Run China
- Reuters China's Xi taps low-profile official to take over war on graft
- CNN NYT, BBC and others barred from China's big moment
- CNN China's Xi reveals new leadership team but no obvious successor
- CNBC Meet the new men in charge of China. There's only one who matters
- The New York Times Xi Jinping Unveils China's New Leaders but No Clear Successor
- Financial Times Chinese investment banks face new headwinds
- CNBC The world's 5 fastest growing cities for tourism are all in China
- TIME China Is Creating a Database of Its Citizens' Voices to Boost its Surveillance Capability
- CNBC Canada pushed for Airbus deal as Bombardier courted China
- CNN Where is Gui Minhai? Hong Kong bookseller 'released,' but missing
- The Los Angeles Times After 16 years of reporting in China, I'm still maddeningly ignorant about the Communist Party
- The New York Times China's 'Chairman of Everything': Behind Xi Jinping's Many Titles
Commentary
- Foreign Policy The Chinese Have Cracked the Code for Communicating With Trump
- The National Interest All of the Reasons Why the World Should Fear China's Aircraft Carriers
- Slate Xi and Abe Step Forward
- Foreign Policy China Refuses to Admit It Has a Rape Problem. I Would Know.
- NPR A Look At How China's Anti-Corruption Campaign Has Affected Ordinary Citizens
- CNN Why China has so few female leaders
- The Guardian China's Communist party has come of age – the west should wake up