'Cutting debt does not mean cutting growth' Tuo Zhen, spokesman for the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, said on Tuesday that reducing debt and stabilizing economic growth are not contradictory policies.
11 new full members admitted to CPC Central Committee Eleven new full members have been admitted to the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said a communique issued after the committee's plenary session closed here Saturday.
18th CPC Central Committee concludes 7th plenum The four-day Seventh Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded Saturday in Beijing with a communique issued.
19th CPC National Congress scheduled to open at 9 am Wednesday The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is scheduled to open at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the media center of the congress announced Monday.
19th CPC National Congress spokesperson holds press conference Tuo Zhen, spokesperson for the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, is holding a press conference on Tuesday afternoon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, briefing the media on the upcoming congress.
19th CPC National Congress to open Wednesday The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is set to open at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
2,280 delegates will attend Congress A total of 2,280 delegates from all walks of life will attend the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which starts on Wednesday.
2017 Wu Jieping Medical Award released The Wu Jieping Medical Award and Wu Jieping Medical Innovation Award were announced in Beijing on Friday to honor China's top medical personnel.
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Addressing a panel on the sidelines of the party’s national congress in Beijing on Thursday, Liu Shiyu, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, accused a string of disgraced cadres of plotting to seize the reins of power.
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Xi summed up his accomplishments and unveiled his own political philosophy – “socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era” – in...
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EU leaders gathering for a summit in Brussels closed ranks behind Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, saying the stand-off over Catalonia’s independence drive must be settled within the provisions of Spain’s constitution.
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Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:17:42 +0800 First Hong Kong Legco meeting ends abruptly, as divisions appear to deepen Hong Kong’s opposition lawmakers on Thursday resorted to familiar tactics to force an early end to the second day of the new Legislative Council session, dashing hopes for better ties with the administration and its allies.
The rift between the pan-democrats and the government often paralysed the workings of the legislature during the last administration – a problem Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has vowed to solve.
In their latest salvo, opposition lawmakers forced the...
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:09:00 +0800 Hong Kong businesses and students struggling to access mainland market, poll finds More than half of Hongkongers working in major mainland cities are frustrated with insufficient support from Hong Kong government offices stationed there, a cross-border survey has found.
The report, claimed by pollsters to be the biggest of its kind, involved interviews with 1,017 university students as well as 137 professionals and entrepreneurs across Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.
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The incident happened in Cheung Wah Estate in Fanling on Sunday.
The woman was taken to the estate as her mother worked in the area.
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Thu, 19 Oct 2017 21:24:44 +0800 Sun Yat-sen assassination letter among displays at new Hong Kong exhibition A 1913 letter from the president of the Republic of China ordering the assassination of Sun Yat-sen in Hong Kong will go on display in the city from Friday, as part of a new exhibition on Sun’s life.
The show, called A Matter of Record, will run until March next year at the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, in Central, and entry is free of charge.
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In his work report to the Communist Party’s national congress on Wednesday, President Xi Jinping said the party was abolishing its much-criticised secret interrogation practice known as shuanggui, and replacing it with a system called liuzhi, or “detention”.
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Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:23:49 -0500 Xi Jinping’s Marathon Speech: Five Takeaways President Xi Jinping of China gave a 205-minute speech to open the Communist Party congress. Here is what mattered.
