Home News Is China president Xi Jinping ill? Meet 5 men who could replace Xi in China’s Communist Party Rumors have begun circulating that Chinese President Xi Jinping might not be in good health after he suddenly vanished from the public eye in recent months. (File) Amid rumors surrounding the health of Chinese President Xi…
Taiwan-based publisher Li Yanhe has been convicted on secession charges in Shanghai after nearly two years of detention, according to Taiwanese media. According to a report by Taiwan’s Central News Agency, the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) on Monday confirmed that Li had been indicted on secession charges and “faced a public trial in accordance…
The Chinese military remains on high alert – “ready to fight at all times and able to fight at any time” – to thwart any attempt at Taiwan independence, according to the commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unit overseeing the Taiwan Strait. The warning from Lin Xiangyang, who heads the PLA’s Eastern Theatre…
China’s third most senior official, Zhao Leji, has reappeared in public after missing the end of the country’s main political event due to ill health. Zhao, the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), met state media employees in Beijing on Wednesday to thank them for their coverage of the annual…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why was China’s No 3 official Zhao Leji missing at the end of ‘two sessions’? Zhao Leji, the third most senior official in China’s ruling Communist Party and chairman…
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…