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Xi Jinping says making party more disciplined is essential for maintaining its governing position

Signe de la longue et vaste campagne anticorruption menée par le dirigeant chinois, le comité central s’est réuni avec un quart de ses effectifs en moins, à un an du rendez-vous qui doit confirmer le quatrième mandat du chef de l’Etat-parti.

Une purge sans précédent au sommet du pouvoir chinois. Le Parti communiste a achevé son cinquième plénum à Pékin, jeudi 29 octobre, en officialisant l'exclusion de 33 hauts responsables, dont près de la moitié sont des militaires. Une réunion marquée par un nombre record d'absents, alors que Xi Jinping prépare le prochain congrès du Parti, en 2027, où il dev

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China promoted a top general to its powerful Politburo at key meeting where attendance was the lowest in decades, mainly due to a presidential crackdown.

The Chinese leader is tightening his grip on the Communist Party with relentless purges and new strictures on discipline.

Zhang Shengmin appointed to Communist Party politburo as it moves to tighten discipline and crack down on corruption

President Xi Jinping's sweeping purge of China's military has concentrated power in his hands and raised the risk of aggression toward Taiwan.

The Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who is likely preparing to secure a fourth term in power in 2027, has complained that officials cannot be trusted.

The data centre group will lose its chairman, other board members will take a pay cut and the CEO will lose all of his bonuses this year in response to last week’s disastrous downgrade.

As Beijing hosts a pivotal leadership meeting, attention is focused on who has fallen from favour and who could emerge as the next generation of China’s rulers.

Far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella says he will wage a 'counterrevolution' against cultural institutions.