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China’s commerce minister voted out in rare congress snub: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – China's commerce minister was surprisingly blocked from a spot on the ruling Communist Party's elite body during a conclave this week, sources said, a rare snub for an official that could raise questions about trade policies during his tenure. The failure of Chen Deming to secure a seat on the 25-member Politburo marks one of the few surprises to emerge from the party's five-yearly congress that wrapped this week with the anointing of a new slate of top leaders who will run the world's second largest economy. Continue reading
China communist party to probe Wen family wealth: SCMP
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has launched an internal inquiry into allegations made by The New York Times that the family of Premier Wen Jiabao accumulated at least $2.7 billion in “hidden riches”, the South China Morning Post said on Monday. Wen himself asked for the inquiry in a letter to the Politburo Standing Committee – the party’s top decision-making body of which he is also a member – in an apparent move to clear his name, the Hong Kong daily said, citing unnamed sources. … Continue reading
Exclusive: China considers downgrading domestic security tsar in next line-up
BEIJING (Reuters) – China's Communist Party is considering downgrading the role of domestic security chief as part of a move to a new and smaller top elite, reflecting fears that the position has become too powerful, sources said. Continue reading
Gu Kailai’s trial ends in seven hours, verdict later
HEFEI, China (Reuters) – The woman at the centre of China's most politically explosive trial in three decades did not contest charges of murder on Thursday in a hearing that lasted just seven hours and could determine the fate of former Politburo member Bo Xilai. A formal verdict will be delivered at a later date, a court official said, recounting details of the closed-door hearing Continue reading
Gu Kailai’s trial ends in seven hours, verdict later
HEFEI, China (Reuters) – The woman at the centre of China's most politically explosive trial in three decades did not contest charges of murder on Thursday in a hearing that lasted just seven hours and could determine the fate of former Politburo member Bo Xilai. A formal verdict will be delivered at a later date, a court official said, recounting details of the closed-door hearing Continue reading
UK to raise Heywood murder with senior Chinese official
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to discuss the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood in China with a visiting senior Chinese official, an aide said on Monday, as the British government faced questions over its handling of the affair. “It’s likely to come up,” a spokeswoman for Cameron said when asked about the prime minister’s talks on Tuesday with Li Changchun, China’s propaganda chief and a member of China’s most powerful leadership body, the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee. .. Continue reading
China ejects Bo from elite ranks, wife suspected of murder
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party has suspended former high-flying politician Bo Xilai from its top ranks and named his wife a suspect in the murder of a British businessman, a dramatic turn in a scandal shaking leadership succession plans. The decision to banish Bo from the Central Committee and its Politburo effectively ends the career of China’s brashest and most controversial politician, widely seen as pressing for a top post in China’s next leadership to be settled later this year. Continue reading
