Two sessions 2025 – Charm

Breaking | China’s third top official Zhao Leji missing from ‘two sessions’ closing due to illness

Cs news3 days ago02 mins

Zhao Leji, the third most senior official in China’s ruling Communist Party and chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, was absent from the closing of the country’s top legislature on Tuesday. Zhao’s last public appearance was at the first meeting of the NPC presidium on Saturday. It is the first time in…

China’s ‘two sessions’ 2025: with tech the X factor, does the GDP race still matter?

Cs news2 weeks ago02 mins

As China’s political elite gather for the country’s annual legislative sessions in March, we examine the broader forces likely to influence policies for the coming year – and how decision-makers will respond to the unpredictable second term of US President Donald Trump. In the first part of this series, Frank Chen surveys the status of…