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As the Machiavellian saga continues to unfold, the Chinese dissident Web site Boxun has reported that Wang uncovered a plot by his former boss, Bo Xilai, and a senior government official, Zhou Yongkang, to seize power from Xi Jinping, heir-apparent to...
(Feng Li/Getty Images); Zhou Yongkang, Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Political and Legislative Committee, in 2007, likewise at the same location. (Teh Eng Koon/AFP/Getty Images) Two high-level officials in the Chinese Communist...
The investigation team includes He Guoqiang, the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), and Zhou Yongkang, the Secretary of the Central Political and Legislative Committee. Apple Daily’s report said that according to...
Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, the premier, have always been regarded as presiding over a “lame-duck” administration because the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee has been controlled by Zhou Yongkang, an ally of Jiang Zemin. Zhou is the head of...
Tibet story today with banner headlines 'Tibet officials prepare for war' also mentioned discussions on Tibet during External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's just concluded visit here to inaugurate the new Indian Embassy building. "Separately, during a...
This was decided during the meeting of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna with the Chinese leadership in Beijing. Mr Krishna, who today wound up his two-day visit to the country, reviewed the 'outstanding' issues in the bilateral relations in his...
This was the common theme in all my four meetings with H.E. Mr Zhou Yongkang, Member of the Politburo Standing Committee, H.E. Mr Dai Bingguo, State Councillor, H.E. Mr Yang Jeichi, Foreign Minister and H.E. Mr Wang Jiarui, Minister, International...
Not that there were any dearth of sticky issues in the exchanges. Like the recent and spreading unrest in the Sichuan province, adjoining the Tibetan Autonomous Region. That the issue was sensitive was apparent from the strongly-worded statement issued...
The official Xinhua News Agency published a story today from a Chongqing paper extolling the city’s progress in reducing crime and corruption since 2009, the year Wang became head of the local police, without mentioning him or Bo. Zhou Yongkang,...
Krishna said "a modern and expansive chancery (Embassy) clearly reflects our expectations of ties with China," Xinhua said. The visitor Wednesday met with Chinese leaders including Communist Party Polit Bureau member Zhou Yongkang and Foreign Minister...
Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remark during a meeting with visiting Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna. Zhou recalled his visit to India in 2010, saying the visit...
“Indeed, as neighbors, the stability and predictability that we provide to the other is itself of great value,” he stressed. In separate meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, State Councillor Dai Bingguo, who is also China’s Special...
Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held separate meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, State Councillor Dai Bingguo, who is also China’s Special Representative for boundary talks with India, and Zhou Yongkang, a powerful member...
The official Xinhua News Agency published a story today from a Chongqing paper extolling the city’s progress in reducing crime and corruption since 2009, the year Wang became head of the local police, without mentioning him or Bo. Zhou Yongkang,...
Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna began his China visit here on a cold Wednesday morning with a meeting with Communist Party of China (CPC) Politburo member Zhou Yongkang at Beijing’s famous Great Hall of the People. Mr. Zhou, China’s ninth-highest ranked...
Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will hold talks with Communist Party of China (CPC) Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang and State Councillor Dai Bingguo here on Wednesday in a visit aimed at boosting relations between the neighbours. China...
Zhou Yongkang (Chinese: 周永康; pinyin: Zhōu YǒngKāng; born December 1942) is a senior leader of the Communist Party of China who is currently serving as the 9th ranked member of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, State Councilor, and the head of the Central Political and Legislative Committee, an organ directing central government legal... Full Article
Nepal's Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, right, and Zhou Yongkang, special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, applaud after signing an agreement on economic cooperation, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Zhou arrived Tuesday on a three-day official visit to Nepal heading...
View Photo »Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs Zhou Yongkang (C) arrives for a meeting at the Nepalese Prime Minister's office in Kathmandu on...
View Photo »China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang (R) receives a gift from chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, during their meeting in Kathmandu August 16, 2011. A high-level Chinese delegation led by Zhou will...
View Photo »Chinese Politburo member and security chief Zhou Yongkang, left, walks past Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, upon arrival for the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 13, 2011.
View Photo »Nepalese police personnel stand guard at Durbar Square in Bhaktapur, some 12 kilometers south-east of Kathmandu, as Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Political and...
View Photo »Outgoing Nepalese Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal (centre R) shakes hands with Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs Zhou Yongkang...
View Photo »China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang (3rd L) and Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal (C) meet at the Prime Minister's Office at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu August 17, 2011. Zhou, leading a high-level Chinese delegation on a three-day visit, will hold...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda (C) walks with officials as he arrives to meet Zhou Yongkang a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary...
View Photo »Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala (c) leaves following a meeting with Zhou Yongkang a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs in...
View Photo »Chairman of Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala (C), vice president of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel (L) and senior leader Prakash Man Singh leave after their meeting with China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang in Kathmandu August 16, 2011. A high-level Chinese...
View Photo »A security guard of Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, carries a gift for China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang in Kathmandu August 16, 2011. A high-level Chinese delegation led by Zhou will hold...
View Photo »Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, arrives for a meeting with China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang in Kathmandu August 16, 2011. A high-level Chinese delegation led by Zhou will hold talks on...
View Photo »Nepal's Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, right, and Zhou Yongkang, special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, applaud after signing an agreement on economic cooperation, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Zhou arrived Tuesday on a three-day official visit to Nepal heading...
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