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The events of late 2022 dented Xi Jinpings personal power, putting a question mark over plans to boost the economy

Officials ban lines of hearses outside funeral homes, which remain under huge pressure.

The shortages are linked to breakdowns in distribution and supply networks ravaged by the zero-COVID policy.

But the backlash could prompt Xi Jinping to target opponents with a new anti-corruption drive

As China relaxes quarantine restrictions, the ruling party reaffirms its commitment to the zero-COVID policy.

Beijing revving up agricultural supply and marketing cooperatives to supply state-run canteens, a strategy some see as slowing private economic growth while tightening official control

A recent ministerial phone call is part of managing a competitive, sometimes adversarial relationship, US says.

Xi has been preparing for total power and lifelong rule for the past decade, political commentators say.

The sentences handed to Sun Lijun and Fu Zhenghua send a strong message ahead of the party congress next month.

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party this fall will determine China's political direction for the next five years.A key agenda item hinges on the answer to one question posed to members of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), the most important policy-making group in China: What is your age? Implicit is that Xi…