China Xi Jinping

The Chinese leader's position appears unassailable. That's all the more reason for the US and its partners to continue shoring up their own advantages.

Domestically, Xi has reasserted the state’s dominance over the economy and tamed the private companies largely responsible for China’s years of double-digit growth. Abroad, he has pursued an aggressive and unabashedly nationalist foreign policy, ignoring former leader Deng Xiaoping’s admonition for China to hide its strength until its global rise was firmly established. To guard against them, the US and its partners must remain disciplined and focused on building up their own strengths.

Xi Jinping is poised to cement his role as China's most powerful leader in decades, as members of the country's ruling Communist Party meet for a ...

[the country's constitution was changed to abolish term limits,](https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/china/xi-jinping-sixth-plenum-biden-mic-intl-hnk/index.html) paving the way for Xi to stay in power indefinitely. But this year, Xi is expected to smash that precedent, taking on a third term as general secretary of the party and pitching China into a new era of strongman rule and uncertainty over when or how the country would see another leader. [most powerful leader in decades,](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/china/china-party-congress-explainer-intl-hnk-mic) as members of the country's ruling Communist Party meet for a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle that begins on Sunday, October 16.

Xi Jinping will next week conclude the political coup he set in motion five years ago, when he opens a Chinese Communist party congress that will confirm ...

Just days before the all important Communist Party conference, a single moment of dissent shocks China and is swiftly censored online.

Dissidents who live in Beijing are often taken away by minders to far-flung parts of the country and checks increase for people entering the city. Security in the capital tends to be at it highest during major political events like the upcoming congress. China’s high-tech authoritarianism means activists can only operate in “lone warrior” mode, Teng Biao, a Chinese human rights advocate who now lives in the United States, [wrote on Twitter.](https://twitter.com/tengbiao/status/1580758188089307137?s=20&t=CCk0fmKUbdHJobnimiAcZg) Some users attempted to circumvent the restrictions by referring obliquely to the incident — a common practice of censorship-evasion. The Chinese Communist Party, intolerant to criticism of top leaders at the best of times, is currently on hair-trigger alert as the country’s most senior 2,300 politicians are arriving in the capital city for a congress held every five years. Some images appeared to show the individual being taken away by police, although there had not been any official confirmation of an arrest by Friday.

The country has been battling the Coronavirus for more than two years, and the protests prove that Xi's strategy does not seem to be of much help.

The 20th Party Congress which will host about 2,300 officials and delegates in China’s capital has further tightened its citizens’ access to the city by stepping-up security measures. Despite a significant rise in cases, the push for vaccinating citizens has not garnered enough interest from the government. The goal was to minimize the impact of the virus on China’s economy and society by implementing effective measures, which includes strict lockdowns, mass testing, and travel restrictions around different parts of the country. The southern technology hub of Shenzhen reported 32 new locally transmitted infections, compared with 26 a day before.” As of October 13, the country had 255,168 confirmed cases with symptoms. The country has been battling the virus for more than two years since its outbreak in December 2019, and the protests prove – Xi’s strategy does not seem to be of much help.

Banners appeared in Beijing on Thursday in protest of China's 'Zero Covid' policy. The banners targeted Xi Jinping and said people should have rights and ...

We have been working to beat the pandemic but at this stage, from a scientific point of view, it is difficult to say definitively in which month we will have reached this standard." If anything the other banner is all the more daring in pre-Congress Beijing, calling Xi Jinping a dictator and calling for strikes," notes Birtles on Twitter. Public resentment is brewing as the slowdown is resulting in job losses. Remove dictator and national traitor Xi Jinping" and "Say no to covid test, yes to food. The other says "say no to covid test, yes to food. So much so that most of China’s massive infrastructure including its once most busy airports is currently wearing a deserted look. One thing is known: testing at this scale costs tens of billions of dollars, which may amount to 1.5 per cent or higher of China’s GDP." The idea behind this is to keep people indoors and stop the viral spread, therefore minimising infections and deaths. A new Hazmat suit-wearing police and health officials have become a common sight all over China. No to lockdown, yes to freedom" The protest came days before Xi is widely expected to get an unprecedented third term as the Chinese head of state. China's financial hub Shanghai and capital Beijing were locked down for months earlier this year.

Two banners were hung on an overpass in the Haidian district in Beijing calling for the removal of Xi Jinping as leader and political reform.

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Several photos circulating on social media showed two banners hung on an overpass of a major thoroughfare in the northwest of the Chinese capital, ...

[#TheGreatTranslationMovement] [pic.twitter.com/tMt4spulZR] [October 13, 2022] [Shanghai](https://www.cnbctv18.com/tags/shanghai.htm), Chengdu, Xian and several top ones and two-tier cities suffered or continue to suffer periodic prolonged lockdowns severely disrupting people's lives. Also, Watch our channels [CNBC-TV18](https://www.cnbctv18.com/live-tv/), [CNBC Awaaz](https://www.cnbctv18.com/awaaz/live-tv/)and [CNBC Bajar](https://www.cnbctv18.com/bajar/live-tv/)Live on-the-go! Sitong Bridge, Haidian District, Beijing, a man displayed banners and shouted slogans against Xi Jinping. [Market Coverage](https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/), [Business News](https://www.cnbctv18.com/business/)& get real-time [Stock Market](https://www.cnbctv18.com/market-live/)Updates on CNBC-TV18. [https://t.co/IpudP4h2fG] [pic.twitter.com/fJ7WykYS4c] [October 13, 2022] [China](https://www.cnbctv18.com/tags/china.htm)on Thursday ruled out a rollback of the zero-COVID policy, saying no timeline can be fixed over the restrictions to fight the deadly pandemic, amidst growing frustration over the damage it is inflicting on jobs, businesses, economy and public life. [zero-COVID policy](https://www.cnbctv18.com/healthcare/zero-covid-policy-not-sustainable-shift-strategy-who-tells-china-13446752.htm)and authoritarian rule.

Next week, China's President Xi Jinping is likely to make history. The man who has ruled China for a decade is expected to secure a third term as the ...

[rural education](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/07/26/chinas-economic-inequality-is-worse-than-americas-and-the-pandemic-hasnt-helped/) and healthcare to tackle the wealth gap in the long run. [Shanghai in April](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/04/14/hungry-and-scared-inside-shanghais-disastrous-zero-covid-lockdown/), and most recently in [Tibet and Xinjiang](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/world/asia/tibet-covid-lockdown.html). China’s brightest young graduates once flocked to these companies; now the [youth unemployment](https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/07/18/china-has-an-unemployment-problem-why-nearly-20-percent-of-young-job-seekers-cant-land-a-job/) rate is at nearly 20 percent and many are turning toward government jobs that provide greater security. Internal speeches show that he had called early on in his rule for “absolutely no mercy” in the “struggle against terrorism” after Uyghur militants conducted a series of attacks, killing dozens of people in 2013 and 2014. Pollution levels dropped by more than half in Beijing from 2013 to 2020, according to a [report](https://epic.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/China-Report_FEB2022.pdf) from the University of Chicago, and the industrialized provinces around the capital saw similar improvements. Beyond the pledges, Xi has shown a clear ambition for China to dominate green technologies of the future and build its reputation as a climate leader on the global stage. The journalists found that the woman had been detained for “re-education” — among more than one million Uyghurs estimated to have been held in China’s camp system in the Xinjiang region. 9, an internal memo released to party cadres in April 2013, called for “unwavering adherence to the principle of the Party’s control of media.” Today the government routinely issues propaganda scripts to media outlets, and these are often The “war on pollution” is only one facet of a broader push under Xi to elevate the importance of environmental protection, long relegated to an afterthought in the country’s rush to economic development. Zhou Yongkang, a powerful former Politburo Standing Committee member responsible for security and law enforcement, became the [highest-level](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1561990/xi-jinping-boosts-clout-zhou-yongkang-takedown-what-next) official to face trial for corruption. [trillion-dollar](https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-belt-road-debt-11663961638) infrastructure project known as the Belt and Road Initiative and the military buildup on islands in the South China Sea, to name two powerful and controversial expressions of China’s influence beyond its borders. “It is difficult to pinpoint any one particular thing because it has been a sea change in many respects since the Hu [Jintao] years.”

At the landmark Communist Party congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping is anticipated to employ his zero-COVID strategy to solidify his leadership position ...

China's Communist Party Congress is held every five years to gather top Party members in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to provide direction to the Chinese government. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). The upcoming Party Congress will be the 20th since 1921. The party's long terms goals are discussed and approved, and the top leadership of the party and the country is appointed. Since this is the first Congress following the pandemic, Xi Jinping is anticipated to deploy his zero-COVID policy to increase his influence. A record-breaking third five-year term as General Secretary of the Communist Party is expected to be granted to Chinese president

Chinese social media censors have blocked posts, keywords, and hashtags related to the extremely rare public protest ahead of a landmark Chinese Communist ...

We want a vote, not a leader. We want to be citizens, not slaves." We want respect, not lies. We want reform, not Cultural Revolution. We want freedom, not lockdowns. "We want food, not PCR tests.

It's expected to cement him as China's most powerful leader since communist party founder Mao Zedong, who ruled for nearly 30 years, 1News' Cushla Norman ...

Since coming to power in 2012, President Xi has accumulated considerable power. Young said a third term of Xi would likely raise more challenges for New Zealand if China continues in the same direction, and there could be a further cooling of the relationship. “Will that be all of the people very loyal to Xi or will it be a selection of people loyal to Xi and other different factions in the party,” said Young. A New Zealand businessman based in China for 40 years, David Mahon said Xi had performed well domestically, although some people think he was heavy-handed in Xinjiang and he’s being blamed for the economic slowdown due to his strict zero-Covid policy. “The key thing he has done is to try to unify the party and China around a very narrow vision of what China is, which is incredibly problematic from the perspective of a more diverse pluralistic society,” said Young. The director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Jason Young, said it’s a departure from the system of collective leadership, which was designed to bring stability and peaceful transition after the chaos of Mao’s rule.

At the 20th CCP Congress more Xi loyalists will take top positions, but 'who after Xi' questions will grow.

Xi and his colleagues will go abroad more often to seek international influence, while lower-level visits to other countries may gradually resume after the composition of the State Council, China’s cabinet, is approved by the annual parliamentary sessions in March 2023. By breaking with those rules, Xi now must use his personal authority to eventually set up a “new normal” for the selection of his successor. This has added more uncertainties to the final line-up of top leaders on the eve of the CCP Congress as all the seven incumbent Politburo Standing Committee members could, in theory, stay on. Among those accommodations was the continued strict adherence to an informal age criterion, which required new members of the Politburo and Standing Committee to be younger than 68 when the congress is convened. What is clear is that no heir apparent to Xi will be identified at the congress. CCP General Secretary and China’s President Xi Jinping is all but guaranteed to stay at the helm for a third term after the congress.

Xi Jinping will get a new five-year term as general secretary of China's Communist Party. Here's what happened during his first decade in power.

[China's Ministry of Education](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265868.shtml). This is a huge change from a little over a decade ago, when China was seen as a potential partner in the existing international order." During Xi's tenure, China gradually tightened its influence and control over Hong Kong, the business hub that returned to Chinese rule from Britain in 1997. A decision by the Biden administration to pursue the Trump administration's practice of letting U.S. A 2021 study by [Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology](https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/china-is-fast-outpacing-u-s-stem-phd-growth/) concluded that by 2025, Chinese STEM PhD graduates would outnumber their U.S. 12 declared that "outcompeting China" would be a major challenge in the coming years. [Human Rights Watch](https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/china-and-tibet) reported that the limited space there was to express dissent in China a decade ago had all but disappeared, noting that since Xi came to power "the authorities have decimated Chinese civil society, imprisoned numerous government critics, severely restricted freedom of speech, and deployed mass surveillance technology to monitor and control citizens. China thinks investing in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) graduates will help it become a preeminent technology innovator. [China opened its first overseas military base](https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/world/2021/02/25/us-military-budget-what-can-global-bases-do-vs-covid-cyber-attacks/6419013002/), in Djibouti, in 2017. Overall, the size of China's economy in GDP terms has doubled from about $8.5 trillion in 2012 to almost $18 trillion in 2021. These 25 people will then determine who makes up the Politburo's standing committee, a group of seven elite Party members headed by Xi, in the general secretary role. to become the dominant superpower — when members of the country's ruling Communist Party extend a third term as general secretary at the Party's 20th National Congress.

Chinese government officials are stonewalling U.S. efforts to solidify a long-planned face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President ...

“Better instead to make the White House sweat, even if for only a few more weeks.” “Semiconductors are important, but they’re going to find a way to communicate.” [announced in July following Biden’s most recent call with Xi](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/07/28/background-press-call-on-president-bidens-call-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/) that both sides had agreed on “the value of meeting face to face” and would determine a “mutually agreeable time to do so.” China’s foreign ministry [dispatched a delegation](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/16/chinese-u-s-ambassador-doubles-down-on-beijings-tough-rhetoric-00052269) to Indonesia in August to prepare for the meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 in Bali. “The sole purpose is to contain and suppress China’s development and maintain the U.S. “Right now, the Biden administration appears more eager for this meeting than Beijing, so China has little incentive to agree to one on either Washington’s terms or timetable,” Singleton said. “The China-related content of the U.S. “Based on soundings with Chinese officials, a meeting is expected but details haven’t been agreed to,” Kamm said. security and warned China may pursue “ [weaponization of trade as a tool of geopolitical coercion](https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/yellen-warns-of-geopolitical-coercion-by-russia-china).” But with only a month until the G-20 meeting opens in Bali, uncertainty about whether Biden will get a one-on-one meeting with Xi is becoming a diplomatic cliffhanger. The Chinese embassy didn’t respond to a request for comment. “We’ve already said the two presidents tasked out their teams to look into a meeting. The individual was granted anonymity to prevent possible reprisals for speaking publicly about the bilateral spat.

Xi Jinping: China's Communist party's 20th congress will run for one week from October 16 to 22. | World News.

[China](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-party-congress-to-run-one-week-amend-party-charter-101665825565409.html)- one of the country's poorer towns- was visited by Xi Jinping, BBC reported quoting Chinese state media. [Xi Jinping](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-coup-xi-jinping-missing-xi-jinping-news-china-coup-news-coup-in-china-news-xi-jinping-house-arrest-is-xi-jinping-missing-joke-twitter-thread-on-china-coup-against-xi-jinping-is-now-viral-101664264583283.html) who is set to be given a historic third term in power at the country's ruling Communist party congress which will begin in Beijing on Sunday reportedly faced a protest this week over his Covid zero policy. Taking the president's advised, the farmers reportedly grew the potato and experienced an almost miraculous transformation which ended poverty in the village, state media said in run up to the party meeting. The massive propaganda effort comes ahead of China's Communist party's 20th congress which will run for one week from October 16 to 22 during which party's constitution will amend, a spokesman said on Saturday as per a Reuters report. [World News](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news)along with [Latest News](https://www.hindustantimes.com/latest-news)from [India](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news)at Hindustan Times. Xi Jinping could for government officials: Report](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/xi-jinping-china-alcohol-ban-china-prohibition-china-communist-party-xi-jinping-news-china-to-ban-alcohol-xi-jinping-could-for-government-officials-report-101665563057986.html)

The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 20th National Congress begins on October 16. The conclusion of the weeklong event is expected to pave the way for him to ...

In 2016, he demanded from the Chinese press a sense of absolute loyalty to the official line, and therefore to him as the "core" of the party. Ultimately, it's the perception of a Chinese nation that has finally overcome Western and especially American hegemony to once again take center stage. But Steve Tsang, director of the School of Oriental and African Studies' (SOAS) China Institute in London, argued Xi wants more than that. "On the one hand, it emphasizes links to the 'party;' on the other, it focuses on the 'state' to gain public support." As such, the Chinese president steers both domestic and foreign policy with a firm grip and deep ideological control. "This method of treating 'crises' as 'political achievements' will come under constant scrutiny, as is the case with China's difficult economic and social issues," said Liu. The party may now view that decade as a mistake, but Xi drew lessons from it about the potent potential of crafting an idol image. Dignity, not lies. Freedom, not lockdown. He installed sympathetic cadres in important posts to carry out his vision of a more centralized form of decision-making. In all of these cases, the CCP crafts Xi Jinping's image with convergence media," she said. [Taiwan](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/taiwan)'s top military think tank, the construction of Xi's image by Chinese state media was "a long-term and progressive process that is becoming more and more thorough."

Chinese President Xi Jinping should solidify unchecked power in the 20th National Congress. That means he is essentially unchecked at home to take back ...

The changes, which contemplate the mass mobilization of society, transferred powers from a civilian organ, the central government’s State Council, to a military one, the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission. The amended National Defense Law "embodies the concept that everyone should be involved in national defense," reports the Party’s Global Times, summarizing the words of an unnamed CMC official. For many, a full-scale invasion of, say, Taiwan, is unthinkable, but Russia’s grab for Ukraine at the beginning of this year was also unthinkable. This is the first time since Xi came to power, in late 2012, that this once-a-year document included a timeframe for annexing the island republic. Communist Party cadres are ordering privately owned factories to stop making products for the civilian sector so they can turn out items for the military. Many interpret "new era" as his tenure at the top of the Chinese political system. For instance, he sponsored amendments to the National Defense Law, which were effective the first of last year. He speaks in benign-sounding phrases, such as "a community of shared future for mankind." "New era" is one of Xi’s favorite phrases. Xi is a revolutionary. The drama begins at the Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, which starts Sunday. What will Xi do with such power?

BEIJING (AP) — On the eve of the opening of a key Chinese Communist Party congress, party leader, head of state and commander of the armed forces Xi Jinping ...

Although there is simmering dissatisfaction, particularly as life returns to normal in other parts of the world, most people don’t dare to speak out. Wu views Xi as a disciple of Mao rebelling against Deng, who allowed the private sector to flourish and sought positive relations with the West. He has also ramped up military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan, the island democracy that the Communist Party says belongs to China. Authorities have detained an estimated million or more members of predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in China’s Xinjiang region in a harsh anti-extremism campaign that has been labeled genocide by the U.S. He enjoyed a privileged early youth in Beijing as the son of Xi Zhongxun, a former vice premier and guerrilla commander in the civil war that brought Mao’s communists to power in 1949. They were quickly removed, police deployed and any mention of the incident speedily wiped from the internet. Xi was moved to neighboring Zhejiang province in 2002, where he was party leader for more than four years, the top position outranking the governor. Xi was thrust into the national leadership in 2007. He stayed in the village for six years, until receiving a coveted scholarship to prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing. It is a question of how much more powerful he will be coming out of it,” said Steve Tsang, director of the China Institute at the London University School of Oriental and African Studies. He lived as villagers did in a hut carved into the area’s cliffs. People are refined through hardship,” Xi told a Chinese magazine in 2001.

Constitutional changes likely to enshrine leader as 'core' of ruling Communist party.

“We don’t renounce the use of force … The CCP has repeatedly said it will use force to take Taiwan if necessary, most recently in a white paper released last month. He said it was “an important yardstick but not the only one”; China had entered a new era, away from high-speed growth and towards high-quality development. Sun said: “We take the view that China and the US have more common interests than differences. Sun did not provide specifics but said amendments were necessary to enshrine new “major theoretical views and major strategic ideas” introduced during the congress. The dynamic zero covid policy – which has resulted in sudden lockdowns and movement restrictions being imposed on buildings, neighbourhoods, or entire cities – was “a science-based approach …

This weekend the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will effectively give Xi Jinping a mandate to continue as president for life.

The population, previously expected to peak in 2031 at 1.46 billion, is probably already in decline, according to the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. The technocrats who helped to create China's export-driven economy appear dismayed that the days of 6-per-cent-plus growth are over. "The Chinese economy is undergoing structural challenges," said Ong, "and Xi's fixation on social stability and zero COVID have made it worse. China continues to experience problems with the property market, corporate indebtedness, exports and domestic consumer demand. West diplomacy, portraying the West as ganging up against China and Russia, for instance." is no longer calling the shots." The CCP or People's Liberation Army might not feel ready to wage a war like Russia did over Ukraine, but at least in terms of rhetoric and policy, it will be eager to show to people that China can defy the will of Western countries and is now the centre of the world, or at least of Asia, and the U.S. "Even if relatively liberal and democratic figures were selected to the Standing Committee, I don't see that they have a lot of leverage to put a hold on Xi Jinping. "However, relatively speaking, (collective leadership) has declined since Deng's era or the reform and opening in 1979," she said. Now you have Xi Jinping calling the shots." Though he is not the first leader to bend this rule, he is preparing to break another more important rule by seeking a third term as president. Experts expect this weekend's Congress to consolidate trends that have been apparent since 2013, when Xi first began to concentrate his power in a norm-breaking fashion.