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China will not set target to double GDP from 2021 — party official

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

China will not set a target to double gross domestic product (GDP) from 2021, a senior Communist Party official said on Thursday, as top leaders look to high-quality growth in the long term. Yang Weimin, vice minister of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs, told a news conference the government will not solely pursueRead more

In Communist China, it's a man's world at the top

Tokyo - Muslimchronicle

When Xi Jinping warned against "pleasure seeking" in a stern message to the Communist Party congress last week, the audience included few women and some notable absentees -- officials ousted by graft scandals involving illicit affairs. The scene was a reminder that China's leadership remains a man's world, where women have been excluded from the highest echelons of power andRead more

Smog defies China's Communist Party congress

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

Beijingers are going without barbecue. Construction sites have halted work. Factories hundreds of kilometres away have halted production. Despite all-out efforts to give the Chinese Communist Party blue skies for its twice-a-decade congress, Beijing's notorious smog has cloaked the mega-city in its trademark toxic haze. The capital typically enjoys an unusual succession of clear days when the party holds majorRead more

Interactions between Chinese, U.S. leaders "very positive" signs of ties -- German expert

Berlin - ArabToday

The recent interactions between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, particularly their latest phone conversation, are very positive signs of the potential to develop a new type of bilateral relations, a German expert said Friday. "President Trump's letter and subsequent phone call with President Xi Jinping are very positive signs that he indeed wants to develop aRead more

China Rights Some Imbalances In Private Sector Rights

China - Arab Today

China recently adopted new guidelines to strengthen protection of property rights. The guidelines are an important step toward ensuring long-term economic growth. But there is more to be done. The guidelines aim to advance three key objectives. First, they limit the government’s discretionary ability to take private property from entrepreneurs and private citizens. In the past, the law defined theRead more

Chinese President Urges Stronger Media Influence For More Realistic China

Santiago - Arab Today

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged here Tuesday Chinese and Latin American media agencies to jointly expand their influence and introduce to the world a more realistic image of China and Latin America. Xi, accompanied by his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, made the remarks while delivering a speech at a summit of Chinese and Latin American media executives in Chile'sRead more

Xi Eyes Closer China-Spain Cooperation

Gran canaria - Xinhua

Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Thursday that his country stands ready to work with Spain to further push forward bilateral cooperation. China-Spain relations have witnessed sound development, Xi said when meeting with Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria during a stopover in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on his way back home after wrapping up aRead more

Xi Stresses Party Regulatory System

Beijing - Arab Today

Chinese President Xi Jinping has made an important instruction on strengthening the construction of an internal Party regulation system. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said improving Party regulations is a long-term and fundamental strategy to achieve overall stricter Party governance. The long-term stability of theRead more

China, Gabon Lift Ties To Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership

Beijing - Arab Today

Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting President of the Republic of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba agreed on Wednesday to lift China-Gabon relations to a comprehensive cooperative partnership in a bid to better realize common development. Invited by Xi, Ali Bongo Ondimba is paying a state visit to China from Tuesday to Friday. It is Ali Bongo's first state visit toRead more

Xi Calls For Strengthened Ideological Work In Colleges

Beijing - Xinhua

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said ideological work in colleges should be integrated into the entire education process, underlining the need of firm Party leadership in higher education. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a two-day meeting on ideological and political workRead more