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Watson did not say when and where a potential meeting between Kim and Putin in Russia might take place. North Korea does not currently have any nuclear-powered submarines, according to an assessment from Nuclear Threat Initiative, a think-tank focused on reducing nuclear threats. Earlier this month, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on three entities it accused of being tied to arms deals between North Korea and Russia. Apart from North Korea, Russia has also received drones and artillery from Iran. These are our neighbors,” Shoigu told reporters, referring to North Korea by its official name.

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☆ China's economy, government revamp in focus as parliament set to open
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Tony Munroe | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Thomas PeterBEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China opens its annual parliamentary session on Sunday, with the National People's Congress (NPC) set to implement the biggest government shakeup in a decade as Beijing confronts a host of challenges and looks to revive its COVID-battered economy. During the NPC, former Shanghai party chief Li Qiang, a longtime Xi ally, is expected to be confirmed as premier. "We might see institutional changes that indicate an elevated importance of, and more party control over, the financial regulatory system," Goldman Sachs analysts wrote. On the opening day of the NPC, China is also likely to announce its central and military spending budgets. Reporting by Tony Munroe; Editing by Himani SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/3] Philippines' President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos are photographed with China President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Li Yuan during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, January 4, 2023. Office of the Press Secretary/Handout via REUTERSSummary Philippines, China sign 14 bilateral dealsXi pledged solution on plight of Filipino fishers -MarcosChina promised cooperation, investmentBEIJING/MANILA Jan 4 (Reuters) - China is ready to resume oil and gas talks and manage maritime issues "cordially" with the Philippines, China President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, according to Chinese state television. Xi was speaking to his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who was on a three-day visit to Beijing. The Philippines had previously raised concerns over reported Chinese construction activities and the "swarming" of Beijing's vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea. While the Philippines is a defence ally of the United States, under previous leader Rodrigo Duterte it set aside a territorial spat over the South China Sea in exchange for Chinese investment.

It’s quite remarkable.”In his first five-year term on the Standing Committee, Wang ran the party's secretariat, an organ responsible for day-to-day affairs. In Xi's third leadership term, Wang is on track to be in charge of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body. "All the major slogans, from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, seem to have come from Wang Huning," Lam said. 'AMERICA VS. AMERICA'Where most Standing Committee members have experience such as running a major city or province, Wang is an academic. During 1989's pro-democracy student protests, Wang told Xia not to stand with the students, a warning Xia did not heed.

☆ China's Xi thanks late leader Jiang Zemin for ensuring party's survival from 'storms'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Li Xueren/Xinhua via REUTERSBEIJING, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping paid tribute to former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday for ensuring the Communist Party's survival from "political storms" and reforming it to inject new vitality and modernise the country's economy. "In the late 1980s and early 1990s, serious political storms occurred at home and abroad, and world socialism experienced severe complications. Some Western countries imposed so-called 'sanctions' on China," Xi told an audience including China's top leadership and Jiang's direct successor Hu Jintao. But Jiang stepped forward to press reform and opening up, strengthen the party's ties with the people, engage in "diplomatic struggles" and upheld China's independence, dignity, security and stability, Xi added. Attendees at the ceremony all stood as Xi spoke, and wore white chrysanthemums, a traditional Chinese symbol for mourning.

☆ China hopes for fair, transparent environment for companies in EU - Xi
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/7] European Council President Charles Michel attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China December 1, 2022. European Union/Handout via REUTERSBEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China will strengthen strategic communication and coordination with the European Union, President Xi Jinping told the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, on Thursday. "China will remain open to European companies, and hopes the EU can eliminate interference to provide a fair and transparent business environment for Chinese companies," Xi told Michel. Xi said China and the EU should strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination and complementary advantages, jointly create new growth engines and ensure safety, stability, and reliability of industrial supply chains. His visit comes after European leaders expressed concern at a meeting in October about economic reliance on China.

BRUSSELS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - European Council President Charles Michel will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in China on Dec. 1 to discuss a range of global challenges including the war in Ukraine, tensions over Taiwan and EU concerns about imbalanced economic ties. The visit comes after European leaders jointly expressed concern at a meeting last month about economic reliance on China. Michel was likely to stress the need to rebalance the EU-China economic relationship and the importance of abiding by global trading rules. Since 2019, the European Union has regarded China more warily, describing it then as a partner, an economic competitor and a system rival. Reporting by Marine Strauss @StraussMarine, Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Alex Richardson, Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ What happened to former Chinese leader Hu Jintao?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Analysis Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

China's former leader Hu Jintao is lifted from his chair by a young aide at the closing of the Communist Party Congress on Saturday. Neither has the incident been reported in Chinese language media, or discussed on Chinese social media, where conversations around senior leaders are highly restricted. Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao is taken by the arm and escorted out. “For whatever reasons, Xi ordered Hu to be escorted out when he must have thought that Hu might not behave exactly as Xi would have wanted,” he said. Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao pats the shoulder of his protege, Premier Li Keqiang.

Then, two men led Mr. Hu — who appeared reluctant to go — out of Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Was Mr. Hu, 79, suffering from poor health, as Chinese state media would later report? When the aide finally succeeds in coaxing Mr. Hu from his chair, Mr. Li, the No. As the two aides begin guiding Mr. Hu away from his seat, the older leader stops to say something to Mr. Xi. The state broadcaster’s news program that night showed footage of Mr. Hu voting, and then his empty seat later in the ceremony, without explanation.

☆ Hu's dramatic China congress exit fuels speculation, official silence
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Martin Quin Pollard | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

During the once-in-five-years congress, Xi solidified his grip on power by appointing a Standing Committee made up entirely of loyalists - and excluding the three most senior members of Hu's once-powerful Communist Youth League faction. State TV's Saturday night news broadcasts included images of Hu at the congress, before his exit. Chinese politics, always opaque, have become even more secretive under Xi's decade-long tenure. "Despite the plausibility of a mundane explanation of ill-health, the CCP's secretiveness vis-à-vis senior Chinese leaders and elite Chinese politics lends itself to many more salacious explanations," he said. On China's Twitter-like Weibo, a few social media users alluded to the incident by commenting on old posts featuring Hu.

In 10 years of ruling China, Xi Jinping has expunged political rivals, replacing them with allies. With Comrade Xi Jinping as the core” Unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. Take practical actions to welcome the victory of the Party's 20th National Congress” With Comrade Xi Jinping as the core” With Comrade Xi Jinping as the core” Unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. Take practical actions to welcome the victory of the Party's 20th National Congress” With Comrade Xi Jinping as the core” With Comrade Xi Jinping as the core” Unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. Earlier this year, local officials in the southern region of Guangxi printed and distributed small red booklets about Xi Jinping Thought.

☆ Ding Xuexiang: from Xi staff chief to ruling elite
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Brenda Goh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SHANGHAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday made his chief of staff, Ding Xuexiang, one of the most powerful men in China, in a move party watchers say underscores the importance Xi puts on trust and loyalty. "Ding is effectively Xi's chief-of-staff and is almost always by his side. It is clear that Xi has trusted Ding's loyalty and ability," he said. It is possible that Ding has influenced Xi to promote more technocrats to leadership positions at the ministerial and vice-ministerial level," Thomas said. In speeches this year Ding repeatedly urged party cadres to demonstrate loyalty and unity as well as rectify problems to ensure the smooth execution of the Party Congress.

☆ Mystery as former Chinese leader is escorted out of Communist Party Congress in front of world media
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Janis.Jpg | Janis Mackey Frayer | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

BEIJING — Former Chinese President Hu Jintao was led out of the country's Communist Party Congress Saturday in a moment of unexpected drama during an otherwise highly choreographed event. The “Two Safeguards” assure Xi’s “core” status within the party and the party’s centralised authority over China. It is widely expected that Xi Jinping will hold onto his status as general secretary and head of China’s armed forces. “With Xi Jinping being so prominent, and the party so omnipresent, whenever something goes wrong in China the party will be blamed, and Xi Jinping will be blamed,” he said. In his closing remarks, president Xi said that the Chinese Communist Party, now in its 100th year, was still in its prime.

☆ China’s Premier Li Keqiang dropped in leadership shuffle
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Only Central Committee members can serve on the Standing Committee. The party congress also approved an amendment of the party constitution Saturday that could further enhance Xi Jinping’s stature as China’s leader. Xi is expected to retain the top spot when the new Standing Committee is unveiled Sunday. The roughly 2,000 delegates to the party congress — wearing blue surgical masks under China’s strict zero-Covid policy — met in the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing. President Xi Jinping, right, looks on as former Chinese President Hu Jintao, is assisted to leave the hall.

☆ China's Premier Li Keqiang left off new party Central Committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and three other members of the elite Politburo Standing Committee of the ruling Communist Party were excluded from the newly elected Central Committee on Saturday. More than 2,000 delegates to a once-every-five-years party congress in Beijing elected a 205-person Central Committee as well as 171 alternate members. Li Keqiang, 67, Li Zhanshu, 72, Wang Yang, 67, and Han Zheng, 68 - members of the current seven-person Standing Committee - were excluded from the new Central Committee. The Central Committee will convene behind closed doors at its first plenary session, or plenum, on Sunday to vote on the next Politburo, usually comprising 25 people, and its Standing Committee. Vice Premier Liu He, 70, China's economic czar, was also excluded from the new Central Committee.

☆ Factbox: Who's in, who's out of China's new party Central Committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Over 2,000 delegates to a twice-a-decade congress of China's ruling Communist Party in Beijing elected a new 205-person Central Committee on Saturday that will set the course of Chinese policymaking for the next five years. Among the newly elected members of the Central Committee, the largest of the party's top decision-making bodies, was Xi Jinping, 69, who is widely expected to be named general secretary on Sunday, securing a precedent-breaking third term as its leader. Also on Sunday, the Central Committee will vote on its next Political Bureau, or Politburo, usually comprising 25 people, and its Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), the pinnacle of power in China, helmed by Xi. Under an unofficial "seven-up, eight-down rule," PSC members who are 68 or older retire during the party congress. However, Premier Li Keqiang, although 67, was also left out.

☆ Ding Xuexiang: from Shanghai party cadre to Xi gatekeeper
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Brenda Goh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Alongside China's top diplomats was Ding Xuexiang, who has risen from Communist Party cadre in Shanghai to become Xi's private secretary and gatekeeper. Ding, 60, is considered a leading candidate for promotion this month to the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's seven-member ruling echelon, despite lacking experience as a provincial-level party secretary or governor. He eventually succeeded the General Office's then-head, Li Zhanshu, who is currently China's top legislator and at 72 is expected to retire from the Standing Committee. Given the opacity of Chinese politics and Ding's roll as a background player, there is even less known about him than other leading Standing Committee prospects. In speeches this year Ding repeatedly urged party cadres to demonstrate loyalty and unity as well as rectify problems to ensure the smooth execution of the Party Congress.

Cred că, în primul rând, trebuie vaccinat personalul medical, profesorii, pensionarii și alți cetățeni din categoria cu risc sporit. Prin urmare, am ales vaccinul care este mai accesibil și suficient de fiabil. Sinopharm este un vaccin de înaltă calitate care a fost testat în multe țări”, a remarcat Vlad Batrîncea. Vicepreședintele Parlamentului RM, președintele Grupului parlamentar de prietenie cu Republica Populară Chineză, Vlad Batrîncea, a mulțumit încă o dată partenerilor chinezi, care au răspuns foarte rapid cererii de ajutor. Moldova a primit 150 de mii de doze de vaccin Sinopharm, oferite de autoritățile chineze cu titlu gratuit, și 100 de mii de doze de SinoVac, procurate din fondurile bugetare ale Republicii Moldova.

Persons: Vlad, Zinaida Greceanîi Organizations: Adunării Naționale, Poporului, China Li Locations: străinătate, Republica Populară Chineză, Moldova, China, Republicii Moldova

☆ R. Moldova a primit din China un lot de 250 mii doze de vaccin anticoronavirus
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +1 min

R. Moldova a primit astăzi din partea Republicii Populare Chineze un lot de 250 mii doze de vaccin anticoronavirus și materiale complementare. Lotul conține 150 de mii de doze de vaccin oferite de autoritățile chineze cu titlu gratuit și 100 de mii de doze procurate din fonduri bugetare ale Republicii Moldova, precum și materiale complementare. Ambasadorul Republicii Populare Chineze, Zhang Yinghong, și-a exprimat speranța că vaccinurile și materialele complementare ajunse în dimineața zilei de astăzi din China la Chișinău vor contribui la atingerea obiectivelor Republicii Moldova în lupta cu pandemia. “China a acordat mai multe donații cu obiecte și soluții anti-epidemiologice necesare în lupta cu COVD-19. Președintele Republicii Moldova, Maia Sandu, a salutat la rândul său primirea donației de vaccin din China.

Persons: Li, Zhang Yinghong, Maia Sandu Organizations: Adunării Naționale, Poporului Locations: Moldova, Republicii Populare Chineze, Republicii Moldova, Populare Chineze, China, Chișinău, Chinei

☆ 250 de mii de doze de vaccin din China au ajuns la Chișinău. 150 de mii sunt donație
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +2 min

250 de mii de doze de vaccin din China au ajuns la Chișinău. 150 de mii sunt donație150 de mii de doze de vaccin Sinopharm, donate de Republica Populară Chineză, dar și 100 de mii de doze de vaccin Sinovac, procurate de Republica Moldova, au ajuns în dimineața zilei de astăzi, 27 aprilie, la Chișinău. Odată cu acest lot de vaccinuri, a ajuns și un lot de echipamente medicale, la fel, donate de partea chineză, transmite IPN. Ambasadorul a menționat că între Republica Populară Chineză și Republica Moldova există relații tradiționale de prietenie și că, după declanșarea epidemiei, țările s-au sprijinit reciproc. „Este încurajator că țara noastră primește în această perioadă mai multe loturi de vaccin, deoarece asta ne permite să oferim mai multe opțiuni de vaccinare cetățenilor.

Persons: Zinaida Greceanîi, Zhang Yinghong, pandemia, Li, Maia Sandu Organizations: Adunării Naționale, Poporului Locations: China, Chișinău, Republica Populară Chineză, Republica Moldova, Moldova, Populare Chineze, Republicii Moldova, Chinei

☆ DOC/ Parlamentul anunță că la solicitarea președintei socialiste a Legislativului, Zinaida Greceanîi, China va dona R. Moldova 150 de mii de doze de vaccin
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

În textul scrisorii expediate de autoritățile chineze nu este specificat ce fel de vaccin va dona China R. Moldova. Decizia Chinei de a oferi R. Moldova lotul de vaccinuri anticoronavirus vine ca urmare a solicitării adresate de Speakerul Zinaida Greceanîi, pe 4 martie anul curent. Tot sâmbătă, 17 aprilie, 132 de mii de doze de vaccin AstraZeneca donate de România au ajuns în R. Moldova. România a fost prima țară care a donat vaccinuri Republicii Moldova, doze care au permis demararea procesului de imunizare la 2 martie, curent. La 23 martie, în R. Moldova a început imunizarea cu vaccinurile Pfizer.

Persons: Zinaida Greceanîi, Președintele, Li Zhanshu, Li, MSMPS Organizations: Adunării Naționale, Poporului, Moldova, UNICEF, OMS Locations: Chinei, China, Moldova, CEPI, România, Republicii Moldova

☆ China a confirmat, oficial, acordarea Republicii Moldova a 150 de mii de doze de vaccin
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

China a confirmat, oficial, acordarea Republicii Moldova a 150 de mii de doze de vaccin la solicitarea Speakerului Zinaida Greceanîi. Potrivit înaltului oficial chinez partea chineză este dispusă să acorde Moldovei susținere și ajutor, în limitele capacităților sale, și a decis să ofere Moldovei 150 mii de doze de vaccin anti-COVID în calitate de asistență umanitară. Președintele Comitetului Permanent al Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din Întreaga Chină Li Zhanshu menționează că în prezent, pandemia COVID-19 continuă să se răspândească la nivel global, iar situația epidemiologică din Moldova rămâne alarmantă. În numele Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din Întreaga Chină și al său personal, Li Zhanshu a transmis cele mai sincere compasiuni poporului Republicii Moldova și a dorit tuturor pacienților o însănătoșire grabnică. Decizia Chinei de a oferi Republicii Moldova lotul de vaccinuri anticoronavirus vine ca urmare a solicitării adresate de Speakerul Zinaida Greceanîi, pe 4 martie anul curent.

Persons: Zinaida Greceanîi, Președintele, Li, Li Zhanshu Organizations: Adunării Naționale, Poporului, Naționale Locations: China, Republicii Moldova, Moldova, Chinei

☆ China va acorda Republicii Moldova 150 de mii de doze de vaccin anti-COVID
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +1 min

Printr-o scrisoare adresată președintelui Parlamentului, Zinaida Greceanîi, președintele Comitetului Permanent al Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din Întreaga Chină, Li Zhanshu, a confirmat decizia Chinei de a acorda Moldovei 150 mii de doze de vaccin anti-COVID în calitate de ajutor umanitar. În scrisoarea semnată de înaltul oficial chinez se arată că partea chineză este dispusă să acorde Moldovei susținere și ajutor, în limitele capacităților sale, și a decis să ofere Moldovei 150 mii de doze de vaccin anti-COVID în calitate de asistență umanitară. Președintele Comitetului Permanent al Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din Întreaga Chină, Li Zhanshu, menționează că, în prezent, pandemia COVID-19 continuă să se răspândească la nivel global, iar situația epidemiologică din Moldova rămâne alarmantă. În numele Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din Întreaga Chină și al său personal, Li Zhanshu a transmis cele mai sincere compasiuni poporului Republicii Moldova și a dorit tuturor pacienților o însănătoșire grabnică. Decizia Chinei de a oferi Republicii Moldova lotul de vaccinuri anticoronavirus vine ca urmare a solicitării adresate de speakerul Zinaida Greceanîi, pe 4 martie anul curent.

Persons: Zinaida Greceanîi, Li, Președintele, Li Zhanshu Organizations: Comitetului, Adunării Naționale, Poporului, Naționale Locations: Chinei, Moldova, Republicii Moldova

☆ China a confirmat că va dona Republicii Moldova 150 000 de doze de vaccin anti COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Decizia Chinei de a oferi Republicii Moldova lotul de vaccinuri anti COVID-19 vine ca urmare a solicitării adresate de Zinaida Greceanîi, pe 4 martie anul curent. China a confirmat acordarea a 150 000de doze de vaccin Republicii Moldova în calitate de ajutor umanitar. Anunțul a fost făcut printr-o scrisoare oficială emisă de autoritățile Republicii Populare Chineze. Scrisoarea a fost emisă de președintele comitetului permanent al Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din întreaga Chină, Li Zhanshu în adresa președintei parlamentului Zinaida Grecianîi. „În ultimul an, China și Moldova au rezistat provocării severe a pandemiei, s-au ajutat și s-au sprijinit reciproc, promovând dezvoltarea relațiilor bilaterale in mod constant și obținând noi realizări în diferite domenii.

Persons: Zinaida Greceanîi, Li, Zinaida Grecianîi Organizations: Adunării Naționale, Poporului Locations: Chinei, Republicii Moldova, China, Republicii Populare Chineze, Moldova

În scrisoarea semnată de înaltul oficial chinez se arată că partea chineză este dispusă să acorde Moldovei susținere și ajutor, în limitele capacităților sale, și a decis să ofere Moldovei 150 mii de doze de vaccin anti-Covid în calitate de asistență umanitară. Președintele Comitetului Permanent al Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din Întreaga Chină Li Zhanshu menționează că în prezent, pandemia Covid-19 continuă să se răspândească la nivel global, iar situația epidemiologică din Moldova rămâne alarmantă. În numele Adunării Naționale a Reprezentanților Poporului din Întreaga Chină și al său personal, Li Zhanshu a transmis cele mai sincere compasiuni poporului Republicii Moldova și a dorit tuturor pacienților o însănătoșire grabnică. Decizia Chinei de a oferi Republicii Moldova lotul de vaccinuri anticoronavirus vine ca urmare a solicitării adresate de Speakerul Zinaida Greceanîi, pe 4 martie anul curent.

Persons: Președintele, Li, Li Zhanshu, Zinaida Greceanîi Organizations: Adunării Naționale, Poporului, Naționale Locations: Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Chinei

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