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China says key Communist congress to last 7 days
Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party said Wednesday its highly anticipated congress would last for one week, as it signalled Vice President Xi Jinping had moved close...
Battle-hardened Obama makes history once again
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
Barack Obama's re-election for another term in the White House opens a new chapter in the already historic tale of the first black president of a nation scarred...
China's affable next PM may struggle to bring change
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
Li Keqiang, a bureaucrat with an easy smile, will soon step up China's Communist hierarchy on his way to the premiership, but a lack of dynamism casts doubt ove...
Xi to take mantle of power in fast-changing China
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
The heirs of Mao Zedong convene this week to anoint China's next leaders, as the Communist Party maintains an iron grip on the economic powerhouse despite mount...
Hu leaves behind a mighty yet anxious China
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
Hu Jintao presided over a momentous decade in which China cemented its re-emergence as a global power, became the world's second-largest economy, and dazzled th...
China's enigmatic 'princeling' Xi takes top spot
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
China's next leader Xi Jinping is a Communist aristocrat with a pop star wife, but his beliefs on the issues that will shape the country's next decade remain hi...
China's decade under Hu Jintao
Nov 06, 2012 (AFP)
China's decade under Hu Jintao has seen record economic growth, greater openness driven by Internet and social media use, yet also an unbending political system...
China military shuffle to preserve Hu role: analysts
Nov 05, 2012 (AFP)
China has reshuffled its military top brass in a move analysts said Monday was probably aimed at ensuring President Hu Jintao remains commander-in-chief of the ...
'Communism camp' for China's future leaders
Nov 03, 2012 (AFP)
In the remote Jinggang mountains, China's future communist elite are being trained in Mao Zedong's former guerrilla base, an effort to buttress the revolutionar...
China's painful past displayed under political shadow
Nov 03, 2012 (AFP)
A group of museums commemorating China's violent Cultural Revolution is opening up normally tightly controlled discussion of the chaotic era -- but only up to a...
Speculation intensifies over China's new leaders
Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)
Speculation intensified Friday over who will be named the new leaders of China's Communist Party as the country's political elite met for a second day ahead of ...
China, Japan citizens back Obama for second term: poll
Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)
Citizens of China and Japan overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama to win a second term, according to an AFP-Ipsos poll which suggests Mitt Romney's toug...
China's Communist Party prepares for power handover
Nov 01, 2012 (AFP)
Top members of China's Communist Party are expected to debate leadership changes and oust disgraced figure Bo Xilai as they hold their last meeting starting Thu...
China-US ties face challenges in coming decade
Nov 01, 2012 (AFP)
US-China ties will remain "vexing and challenging" as Beijing's new leaders face internal stresses due to a slowing economy and increasing distrust from their p...
Storm damage forces UN Security Council to move
Oct 31, 2012 (AFP)
Superstorm Sandy caused serious water damage to the UN Security Council chamber, forcing it to move to a temporary base for a special meeting on Wednesday, dipl...
Outside View: Pentagon sees no evil?
Oct 30, 2012 (UPI)
In 2011, the United States was shocked to learn of the Penn State University child molestation case involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Ho...
'Sense of urgency' in S. China Sea row: ASEAN chief
Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)
Disputes over sovereignty in the South China Sea could become violent but China and Southeast Asia are showing a sense of urgency in trying to ease tensions, th...
Japan PM to boost coast security amid China row
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Japan will "strengthen security" around its coasts, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Monday, as Chinese ships again plied waters near disputed islands. "Wh...
Being Pentagon chief had its downsides: Gates
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
Former US defense secretary Robert Gates joked Monday about the downsides of his old job, including enduring interminable NATO meetings and price gouging over a...
China watches US democracy avidly, but without envy
Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)
The world's two biggest economies choose their next leaders in early November, an accident of timing that lays bare the vivid contrast between China's opaque co...
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