Signs Show “Core Leader” Xi Facing Domestic Reproach
Months after Xi Jinping’s campaign to consolidate power appeared to have reached its...
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LatestMinitrue: Murder at Beidaihe Sanitorium
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Drawing the News: A Fat Fly’s Appetite
Xi Jinping has made catching “tigers and flies” a hallmark of his presidency. His administration...
Sensitive Words: Ilham (Tohti), Song Binbin & More
As of January 17, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
China’s Leaders to Meet and Discuss Reform Prospects
The depth of President Xi Jinping’s commitment to reform has come under scrutiny since he took power in March. But in recent comments on an inspection tour of Hubei, he spoke about the need for far-reaching reforms in...
Xi’s Back
Xi Jinping made his first public appearance since the beginning of the month on Saturday morning, and Xinhua noted the occasion without acknowledging his two-week absence: BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — Vice President Xi...
Struggles, Not Unity, Ahead of Party Congress
A close family friend of missing Chinese vice president Xi Jinping told The Sydney Morning Herald’s John Garnaut that China’s president-in-waiting is fine, but Ian Johnson and Jonathan Ansfield of The New York Times...
The History of Seaside Secrecy at Beidaihe
The Globe and Mail’s Mark MacKinnon reported today that the heavily-securitized meetings in which China’s highest-level officials are suspected to have determined who will soon take the reins of CCP power have...
At Beidaihe, A Swim Test for China’s Leaders
Foreign Policy’s Isaac Stone Fish explores Chinese President Hu Jintao’s aversion to swimming, which leaders such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping once utilized to demonstrate their health and strength as rulers. As...
Meet China’s Next Leaders
As the CCP’s 18th National Congress grows ever nearer, China’s top brass are continuing their secretive seaside assembly at Beidaihe. AFP reports from the resort-town and longtime CCP rendezvous, used for closed-door...
Transition Talk Heats Up as Hu Arrives in Beidaihe
The Financial Times' Kathrin Hille checks in from Beidaihe, the seaside resort town where the Chinese Communist Party's elites have gathered to hash out the details of the country's upcoming leadership...
CCP Faces Challenges Ahead of Leadership Transition
With China’s top leadership gathering at the seaside resort of Beidaihe ahead of the 18th Party Congress, Christopher Johnson looks at the many complications behind the upcoming transition of power in the wake of the Bo...
Are Politburo Hopefuls Ready to Lead?
With the Bo Xilai scandal still hanging over China’s upcoming leadership transition, and with Beijing’s top leaders packing up their swimsuits for their summer retreat in Beidaihe, The Diplomat’s Minxin Pei...
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