BEIJING (AP) - China's new leader Xi Jinping capped his rise to the top Thursday by adding the largely ceremonial title of president, though he will need more time and cautious maneuvering to consolidate his power and build support from a public... [Full Article]
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party unveiled its new leadership line-up on Thursday to steer the world's second-largest economy for the next five years, with Vice President Xi Jinping taking over from outgoing President Hu Ji... [Full Article]
Xi Jinping became leader of China on Thursday, securing the Communist Party's top spot and oversight of the military in a political transition upset by scandals that have added fuel to public demands for change as the country faces slower econom... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - China's Vice President Xi Jinping (R) talks to Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, February 28, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) CHINA OUT. NO COM... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) shakes hands with Turkey's President Abdullah Gul as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in Ankara February 21, 2012. China's leader-in-waiting Xi visits Turkey on Tuesday, his last stop... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - China's Vice-President Xi Jinping leaves a wreath-laying ceremony at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara February 21, 2012. China's leader-in-waiting Xi is visiting Turkey on Tu... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - China's Vice-President Xi Jinping sits with Taoiseach Enda Kenny during the Ireland-China Investment Forum in Dublin, Ireland February 20, 2012. REUTERS/pool (IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS HEALTH)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - China's Vice-President Xi Jinping kicks a football during a visit to Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland February 19, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS SPORT SOCCER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping waits for the President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in this May 18, 2011 file photograph. A Communist "princeling" fond of small town Am... [Full Article]