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China orders military chiefs to serve stints as junior soldiers

April 23, 2013 04:46
By Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered his top brass to spend two weeks as junior soldiers every few years as a way of boosting military morale - but sceptics doubt the move will do much more than polish his own credentials as commander in chief.

China's Xi takes a taxi: the news story that rocked the web

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 17:17
China on Thursday vehemently denied media reports of a seemingly banal tale that has spread like wildfire on the web -- that President Xi Jinping took a taxi in Beijing. According to a report by the Hong Kong newspaper Takungpao on Thursday, Xi, accompanied by another man, took a taxi on March 1 across Beijing to his hotel -- without any official escort. This is big news in China where members of the ruling Communist party are perceived as disconnected to daily life, surrounded by security and extremely unlikely to make such a banal journey.

Door to outside world will never close: Xi

April 9, 2013 11:16
China will never close its door to the outside world, President Xi Jinping said Monday at the on-going Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013. China will stay committed to opening-up, an important driving force for the country's development, Xi told representatives of about 30 well-known enterprises from China and overseas at a round-table dialogue at the forum. "China will expand, deepen and widen its open economy." He also called on foreign countries to be more open to Chinese investors.

China's Xi offers to reduce friction over hotspots

April 9, 2013 10:32
With pressure growing on Beijing to get tough on North Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping says no one country should be allowed to upset world peace. In a speech to a regional business forum in southern China on Sunday, Xi said Beijing will play a constructive role in reducing tensions over regional hotspots. Xi did not offer any concrete plans for how to deal with neighbor North Korea, which has elevated regional tensions through war-like rhetoric and missile deployments in recent weeks.

China's Xi calls for global 'sense of community of common destiny'

April 9, 2013 04:32
As members of the same global village, we should foster a sense of community of common destiny, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Sunday. Delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the BFA Annual Conference 2013, Xi said mankind has only one earth, and it is home to all countries.

China's Xi says 'ultra-high speed' growth probably over

April 8, 2013 07:15
China's President Xi Jinping said Monday the days of "ultra-high speed" growth in the world's second-largest economy -- which many hope can spur a global recovery -- are probably over. "I don't think we will be able to sustain an ultra-high speed of economic growth and it is not what we want either," Xi told about two dozen foreign business figures on the southern island of Hainan. "Still it is possible for us to sustain a relatively high speed of economic growth," he added. "The Chinese economy is in good shape."

China's Xi says 'ultra-high speed' growth probably over

April 8, 2013 04:31
China's President Xi Jinping said Monday the days of "ultra-high speed" growth in the world's second-largest economy -- which many hope can spur a global recovery -- are probably over. "I don't think we will be able to sustain an ultra-high speed of economic growth and it is not what we want either," Xi told about two dozen foreign business figures on the southern island of Hainan. "Still it is possible for us to sustain a relatively high speed of economic growth," he added. "The Chinese economy is in good shape."

China's Xi says 'ultra-high speed' growth probably over

April 8, 2013 02:45
China's President Xi Jinping said Monday the days of "ultra-high speed" growth in the world's second-largest economy -- which many hope can spur a global recovery -- are probably over. "I don't think we will be able to sustain an ultra-high speed of economic growth and it is not what we want either," Xi told about two dozen foreign business figures on the southern island of Hainan. "Still it is possible for us to sustain a relatively high speed of economic growth," he added. "The Chinese economy is in good shape."

China's Xi wraps up first foreign trip

March 30, 2013 08:15
China's new President Xi Jinping on Saturday wrapped up his first foreign trip which has seen him sign energy deals with Russia and scores of accords with countries in resource-rich Africa. Xi ended his tour with the first-ever visit by a Chinese president to the Congo, a small and impoverished country in central Africa, which has significant oil resources and other untapped mineral wealth.

China's Xi wraps up first foreign trip

March 30, 2013 06:15
China's new President Xi Jinping on Saturday wraps up his first foreign trip which has seen him sign energy deals with Russia and scores of accords with resource-rich Africa. Xi ends his tour with the first-ever visit by a Chinese president to the Congo, a small and impoverished country in central Africa, which has significant oil resources and other untapped mineral wealth. On his second and last day in Brazzaville he will meet members of the Chinese community and attend the inauguration of a Chinese-built hospital and the capital's largest university library.
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