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Yun Jiang is the first AIIA China Matters Fellow as part of a joint program of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Canberra and the policy institute China Matters in Sydney. [2]

SHANGHAI -- China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday appointed an ally of President Xi Jinping as the party's top official in Shanghai, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. [3]

commentary Commentary Commentary: Beijing's party bosses promise to reshape the capital Cai Qi and Chen Jining have been chosen to lead Beijing. [4]

EconomyChina's Xi aims for two birds with one stone Belt and Road Forum polishes the country's image and boosts president's power Chinese President Xi Jinping, third from left, walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, and other ... [5]

BEIJING -- As the fifth-ranked figure in the Chinese Communist Party, Cai Qi has amassed an extensive set of duties that observers say attests to the favor he enjoys from China's President Xi Jinping. PoliticsChina's No. [6]

BEIJING/HONG KONG — Oil executive Jiang Jiemin rose to power in Communist China in time-honored fashion: by hitching his star to a mighty mentor. [7]

SHANGHAI – Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance, the parent company of the popular app TikTok, has claimed the title of China’s wealthiest individual in 2024, with a net worth of $49.3 billion, according to the annual Hurun China Rich List, October 29.... [8]

TAIPEI / HONG KONG — Ever since a civil war split the two sides more than 60 years ago, China has viewed Taiwan as a renegade province that needs to be absorbed into the mainland. [9]

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[1] MM www.scmp.com · 2026-03-07 · 49% match

Zhang Shengmin

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-12-27 · 51% match

Security focus is setting back science in both China and the U.S.

Yun Jiang is the first AIIA China Matters Fellow as part of a joint program of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Canberra and the policy institute China Matters in Sydney.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-10-30 · 50% match

Xi loyalist picked as Shanghai boss

SHANGHAI -- China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday appointed an ally of President Xi Jinping as the party's top official in Shanghai, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

[4] MM www.channelnewsasia.com · 2017-07-01 · 50% match

Commentary: Beijing's party bosses promise to reshape the capital

commentary Commentary Commentary: Beijing's party bosses promise to reshape the capital Cai Qi and Chen Jining have been chosen to lead Beijing.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-05-18 · 49% match

China's Xi aims for two birds with one stone

EconomyChina's Xi aims for two birds with one stone Belt and Road Forum polishes the country's image and boosts president's power Chinese President Xi Jinping, third from left, walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, and other

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-06-08 · 49% match

China's No. 5 official gains favor within Xi's inner circle

BEIJING -- As the fifth-ranked figure in the Chinese Communist Party, Cai Qi has amassed an extensive set of duties that observers say attests to the favor he enjoys from China's President Xi Jinping. PoliticsChina's No.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-07-25 · 49% match

Inside Xi Jinping’s Purge of China’s Oil Mandarins

BEIJING/HONG KONG — Oil executive Jiang Jiemin rose to power in Communist China in time-honored fashion: by hitching his star to a mighty mentor.

[8] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2024-10-29 · 48% match

TikTok founder Zhang Yiming becomes China’s richest person

SHANGHAI – Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance, the parent company of the popular app TikTok, has claimed the title of China’s wealthiest individual in 2024, with a net worth of $49.3 billion, according to the annual Hurun China Rich List, October 29.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-11-27 · 48% match

How China’s Shadowy Agency Is Working to Absorb Taiwan

TAIPEI / HONG KONG — Ever since a civil war split the two sides more than 60 years ago, China has viewed Taiwan as a renegade province that needs to be absorbed into the mainland.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-21 · 47% match

TikTok: the next Huawei?

Zhang Yiming, founder of the wildly popular but recently besieged TikTok, has done everything he could to localize the short video app in global markets to ease rising political pressures.

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