Lindsey Hilsum
Where is China’s ‘crown prince’, Xi Jinping?
Where is Xi Jinping? I don’t normally report rumours, but when it comes to the Chinese Communist Party the rumours have become the story, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Goodbye Hu, hello who?
As China’s president Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao are replaced as the country’s leaders, who are the candidates tipped to take their places in charge of the world’s emerging superpower?
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China blocks New York Times for revealing premier’s wealth
Access to the New York Times website is blocked in China after the newspaper published an investigation into the vast wealth accumulated by Wen Jiabao and his family.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Where is Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping?
One of the most powerful men in the largest country on the planet has gone missing, with rumours as to the cause of his disappearance ranging from a sports injury to assassination.
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Gu Kailai verdict protects the Communist party
So a Chinese court in an out-of-the-way city called Hurfei has sentenced Gu Kailai, the wife of a disgraced Communist party boss, to a prison term of “life”. No dramatic tension there, I am afraid.
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Gu Kailai jailed for murder of British businessman
The wife of a disgraced Chinese politician is given a suspended death sentence for murdering British businessman Neil Heywood.
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Jon Snow
Intrigue, death and China's dark secrets
Jon Snow blogs on intrigue, death and China’s dark secrets.
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Foreign Office defends Heywood response
As the Foreign Office defends itself over alleged delays in intervening after the murder of Neil Heywood, an expert on China tells Channel 4 News the situation in the country is “not quite a crisis”.
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Chinese reform necessary to avert new Cultural Revolution
Urgent reform is needed to prevent a repeat of the “historical tragedy” of the cultural revolution, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao says. He is either being ironic or it is a sea-change, analysts say.
