Country file of Communist China as pivotal Party Congress approaches

Record ID: 1692737

  • Title: Country file of Communist China as pivotal Party Congress approaches
  • Date: 10th October 2022
  • Summary: FIREWORKS OVER "BIRD'S NEST" STADIUM A melamine-tainted milk scandal rocked the country in 2008 after six babies died and more than 300,000 other children were affected with kidney ailments after ingesting the milk. Melamine is rich in nitrogen, and relatively cheap. Adding it to sub-standard or watered-down milk makes the milk's protein level appear higher. Over 20 Chinese companies were named as having sold tainted dairy products. Sanlu Group, China's top seller of infant milk powder, was the first to go public with melamine contamination. SHIJIAZHUANG, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA (FILE - 2008) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) PEOPLE LINING UP OUTSIDE SANLU DAIRY GROUP TO RETURN SANLU MILK POWDER BAGS OF MILK POWDER MAN FROM SANLU DAIRY GROUP PUTTING BAGS OF MILK POWDER AWAY BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - 2008) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL WOMAN CARRYING CHILD WOMAN FEEDING CHILD
  • Embargoed: 24th October 2022 01:39
  • Keywords: China history party congress xi jinping
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  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00H008701011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China's ruling Communist Party opens its 20th congress on Oct. 16 in a session that is likely to end with President Xi Jinping anointed for an unprecedented third, five-year term as the supreme leader, and a shuffle of personnel on the decision-making Politburo.
    About 2,300 party members from across the country will gather, mostly behind closed doors, at the cavernous Great Hall of the People on Beijing's Tiananmen Square for a once-in-five-year congress that typically runs for about one week.
    Xi will unveil his new leadership team, and the congress will also see a sweeping reshuffle of the top echelons of China’s power structure, putting in place people who will set policies – economic, diplomatic, security and social - for the next five years and beyond.
    Xi, 69, has steadily consolidated power since becoming party general secretary a decade ago, eliminating any known factional opposition to his rule. He is expected to exert largely unchallenged control over key appointments and policy directives at a congress that many China-watchers liken to a coronation.
    Despite headwinds that have buffeted his path to a third term - from a moribund economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and rare public protests to rising frictions with the West and tensions over Taiwan - Xi is poised to secure a mandate to pursue his grand vision for the "rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" for years to come.
    Since assuming power, Xi, the son of a communist revolutionary, has strengthened the party and its role across society and eliminated space for dissent.
    Under Xi, China has also become far more assertive on the global stage as a leader of the developing world and an alternative to the U.S.-led, post-World War Two order.
    (Production: Aleksander Solum, Phyllis Xu)
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