Li Keqiang

Who is Li Qiang, China’s new premier and Xi Jinping loyalist?

A native of Zhejiang province, the 63-year-old Li Qiang is an acolyte of Xi Jinping. Qiang is the former party chief of Shanghai and his elevation was earlier in doubt over his handling of the two month-lockdown in the financial hub last year

China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi Jinping's loyalists take reins

Once seen as a potential top leader, Li was increasingly sidelined as Xi accumulated ever-greater powers and elevated the military and security services in aid of the 'great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation'

Covid protests: Xi Jinping will tide over the current crisis, but Chinese people have put the CCP on notice

If Xi pushes the public too hard, it may backfire and lead to coordination and coalescing of forces behind the movement

Xi Jinping is no Mao Zedong, but like the Great Helmsman, there’s none stopping China’s ‘Great Leap’ 2.0

In absence of any constraints on his absolute power, ‘emperor’ Xi is more likely to take more bad decisions than good ones

China Communist Party Congress ends with Xi set for third term, new central committee excludes Li Keqiang and Wang Yang

In a viral video, it was also seen that Hu Jintao, the immediate predecessor of current Chinese President Xi Jinping, was unceremoniously escorted out of the Communist Party congress closing ceremony

Chinese Communist Party 20th Congress: What Xi Jinping’s re-election may mean for the world

Xi Jinping will continue assertively adopting foreign policies that advance Chinese interests. Under him, China’s bureaucracy has become less autonomous and more tied to him personally

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang promises to relax COVID travel curbs, facilitate return of foreign students

Li's comments to permit the return of the students are regarded as significant as around five lakh foreign students studying at Chinese universities, including over 23,000 Indians, were stranded in their respective countries in the last two years due to China's COVID visa bans

Forget power tussle or compromise, here's why Xi Jinping may emerge even stronger post Party Congress

Li Keqiang is not a challenger, but an insurance policy for the Chinese president

Xi Jinping has two big deep secrets: how long he will stay in power and his political heir

Xi Jinping has already sought to prevent undercurrents of discontent from converging into opposition before the congress

Imran Khan in Beijing: Pakistan PM meets Li Keqiang, State-owned firms

Imran assured the Chinese premier that Pakistan would continue to support and facilitate the Chinese companies for their expanded footprints in Pakistan