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China's Xi visits Saudi Arabia to cement Gulf Arab ties
Read full article: China's Xi visits Saudi Arabia to cement Gulf Arab tiesChinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend meetings with oil-rich Gulf Arab nations crucial to his country’s energy supplies as Beijing tries to revive an economy battered by strict coronavirus measures.
Late Chinese leader Jiang hailed in memorial service
Read full article: Late Chinese leader Jiang hailed in memorial serviceChina's leaders have eulogized the late Jiang Zemin as a loyal Marxist-Leninist who oversaw their country's rapid economic rise while maintaining rigid Communist Party control over society.
China security forces are well-prepared for quashing dissent
Read full article: China security forces are well-prepared for quashing dissentStreet protests that broke out in several Chinese cities over the weekend may have come as a surprise, but the ruling Communist Party has been preparing for this moment for years, decades even.
China's Xi looks to 3rd 5-year term as Communist Party meets
Read full article: China's Xi looks to 3rd 5-year term as Communist Party meetsOn 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 has given no indication of stepping away from power or anointing a successor.
Li Peng, hardline Chinese premier who backed Tiananmen massacre, dies
Read full article: Li Peng, hardline Chinese premier who backed Tiananmen massacre, diesChinese President Jiang Zemin (L) chats with Chairman of the National People's Congress Li Peng during the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee in Beijing in 2002. BEIJING - Li Peng, the former Chinese Premier remembered for his role in the brutal military suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters, has died aged 91, according to state-run media. After Li suffered a heart attack in 1993, Zhu gradually assumed more responsibility for the country's economic policies and eventually succeeded Li as Premier in 1998. He was widely said to have been adopted by Zhou Enlai, Communist China's highly respected first Premier who occupied the post from 1949 until his death in 1976. Li was last seen in public in October 2017 during the 19th Communist Party Congress as current President Xi Jinping further consolidated power while former leaders' influence waned.