China's all-powerful and secretive Communist Party on Thursday officially opened its 18th congress to unveil a new slate of leaders who will oversee the world's number two economy for the next decade.

China's president Hu Jintao on Thursday warned the Communist Party faces 'collapse' if it fails to clean up corruption and called for an economic revamp as he opened a congress to inaugurate a new sla

China's Vice-President Xi Jinping has made his first public appearance in two weeks, state media said on Saturday, following swirling speculation about the whereabouts of Beijing's leader-in-waiting.

China and Russia sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy at a summit on Saturday and urged Asian-Pacific countries to protect themselves by forging deeper regional economic ties.

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China's outgoing President Hu Jintao is angling to promote one of his closest allies to the military's decision-making body, sources said, in a move that would allow him to maintain an influence over

China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping insisted Saturday that Beijing would never impose its will on the rest of the world and instead wanted to 'abandon the old mindset' and strive for global peace.

Defiant protesters targeted China's President Hu Jintao in Hong Kong on Sunday as the former British colony swore in a new leader and marked the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule.

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Defiant protesters targeted China's President Hu Jintao in Hong Kong on Sunday as the former British colony swore in a new leader and marked the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule.

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India and China on Thursday agreed to step up their defence and security dialogue and work to take steps to ensure that the two countries achieve a USD 100 billion trade target by 2015.

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After searching for months for cash, the IMF looks able to firm up a huge emergency 'firewall' fund for crisis prevention after China said on Sunday that big emerging economies would chip in.

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