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Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to oust political rivals, promote allies to key posts and emerge politically stronger from a Communist Party conclave. Hu's rival-turned-ally, Vice President Zeng Qinghong, is poised to retire ...

Reuters India - BEIJING (Reuters) - Delegates to a key five-yearly conclave of China's Communist Party eliminated 8 percent of candidates standing for the Party's 200-strong Central Committee on Saturday, a slightly higher margin than in previous years. The internal ...

Reuters India - BEIJING (Reuters) - A top television producer whose best-known work has been criticised for poisoning China's youth seems an unlikely choice to be a delegate to the country's Communist Party Congress. But Wang Ping, 40, is representative of a slew of ...

Reuters India - BEIJING (Reuters) - In Mao Zedong's day, the world was not even aware China's ruling Communist Party was holding one of its agenda-setting congresses until the whole event was over. When the meeting packed up, firecrackers lit up the sky over Beijing ...

Chicago Sun-Times - Trader Joe's, the hip, wholesome food store with 15 locations in the Chicago area, said Friday it will phase out foods imported from China amid concerns that standards on "organic" products from the country aren't as stringent as they should be ...

Reuters India - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party has gone to great pains to show it's open and willing to have more debate at this week's key Congress, but when it comes to voting, almost everyone still votes "yes". At the closing ceremony on ...

MSNBC - BEIJING - China's Communist Party closes a five-yearly Congress on Sunday that will acclaim President Hu Jintao's policies and start to install a new leadership crucial to shaping his legacy. After a week of rhetorical displays of unity around Hu ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - BEIJING - China's Communist Party elite approved a list of candidates for top positions yesterday, setting the stage for final negotiations whose outcome will be a key indicator of President Hu Jintao's political strength. With the list of an ...

Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - There are women to be found in China's halls of power, but most of them are serving tea. Nearly 60 years after Mao Zedong's Communists came to power championing women as an economic force, giving them rights to hold land and seek ...

Newsday - BEIJING - China's politically powerful vice president stepped down Sunday amid a reshuffling of the Communist Party leadership, removing from office a potential challenger to President Hu Jintao's unrivaled authority. Closing out a weeklong party ...