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    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      ‘Other leaders are corrupt’: Li Keqiang mourning poses challenge for Beijing

      Death of former premier largely sidelined by Xi Jinping creates a sensitive moment for China’s Communist party

      A photograph of Li sits amid bouquets laid by mourners
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Obituary
      Li Keqiang, Chinese premier, 1955-2023

      Once seen as a possible Communist party leader, he struggled to enact economic reforms under Xi Jinping

      Li Keqiang: unlike many of China’s leaders, he was not a ‘princeling' but born to a family of lower-level local party officials
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      China’s former premier Li Keqiang dies suddenly at 68

      Senior official once seen as contender for party leadership suffers heart attack in Shanghai

      Li Keqiang
    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China sets 5% growth target to drive economic recovery

      National People’s Congress opens with Xi Jinping planning sweeping changes to further centralise power

      Li Keqiang, China’s premier, is shown on a video screen as he speaks to the National People’s Congress
    • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
      News in-depthCoronavirus
      China fails to work out a plan to ease its economic malaise

      Covid lockdowns strangle growth but there seems little officials can do to surmount the challenges

      Delivery workers wearing protective gear rest during a lockdown in Shanghai
    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      Chinese economy
      China industrial profits fall as lockdown pain spreads

      Contraction heaps more pressure on government that insists on sticking to zero-Covid strategy

      A worker in protective gear looks at a child leaving a Covid-19 mass testing centre in Beijing
    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Chinese economy
      China’s premier issues stark warning on economy as growth stalls

      Li Keqiang urges officials to help companies resume production after Covid lockdowns

      Li Keqiang standing at a lectern
    • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s chaotic regulatory crackdown reflects splits among policymakers

      Rival factions vie for influence under Xi Jinping evoking battles of Mao Zedong era

      Portraits of China’s president Xi Jinping and late communist leader Mao Zedong at a market in Beijing
    • Friday, 5 March, 2021
      Chinese economy
      China targets 6% growth after reining in coronavirus

      Beijing hails recovery from ‘extraordinary’ year but provides little guidance on climate goals

      Li Keqiang told the National People’s Congress that China had responded to the challenges of the pandemic with ‘tremendous tenacity’
    • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
      Chinese politics & policy
      China faces outcry after premier admits 40% of population struggles

      Analysts and public question whether Beijing can keep promise to end poverty this year

      A man and woman a coat dry
    • Friday, 22 May, 2020
      Chinese economy
      China drops GDP target for first time in wake of coronavirus

      The economy has contracted but Beijing announced a 6.6% rise in military spending

    • Friday, 22 May, 2020
      Instant InsightTom Mitchell
      Xi distracts from own failings with Hong Kong security law

      Chinese leader’s crackdown on city will divert attention from his handling of coronavirus

    • Friday, 24 April, 2020
      European Union
      China hits back at EU disinformation claims

      Internal European report highlights growing concerns about pandemic propaganda

    • Friday, 6 September, 2019
      Chinese politics & policy
      Angela Merkel calls on China to protect ‘rights and freedoms’ in Hong Kong

      German chancellor urges dialogue between protesters and authorities as she visits Beijing

      German chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday
    • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
      Chinese politics & policy
      China to allow foreign ownership of securities companies in 2020

      Premier Li Keqiang signals change will happen a year earlier than planned

      Li Keqiang, China's premier, waves to the audience during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Li said China remains on track to meet its main economic goals for this year while warning of rising geopolitical risk and threats to the global upswing. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 12 April, 2019
      Chinese business & finance
      Chinese premier says Beijing is committed to free trade with Europe

      Li Keqiang reaffirms links with central and eastern European states during Croatia summit

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10201886p) Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (R) and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang (L) speak during the 8th Summit of Heads of Government of Central and Eastern European Countries and China (16+1 Initiative) in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 12 April 2019. 8th Summit of Central and Eastern European Countries and China in Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Croatia - 12 Apr 2019
    • Monday, 18 March, 2019
      Asia-Pacific equities
      China stocks climb to 10-month high ahead of Fed meeting

      China’s premier last week vowed to maintain stable economic growth

    • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
      Inside BusinessHenny Sender
      Beijing rhetoric belies reality of China’s private enterprise

      Pledges to entrepreneurs ring hollow with founders obliged to toe Communist party line

      Visitors walk past video display boards at an exhibition highlighting China's achievements under five years of leadership by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Beijing Exhibition Hall in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The exhibition comes ahead of a Communist Party congress in October during which Xi is expected to be confirmed for a second five-year term as China's head of state. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    • Thursday, 21 February, 2019
      People's Bank of China
      Chinese premier in rare spat with central bank

      Li Keqiang warns of ‘new potential risks’ from record lending spree

      Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks at the China-EU Business Roundtable held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, July 16, 2018. Premier Li said Monday that China and the EU had agreed to take steps to "safeguard free trade" and the global multilateral regulatory system. He endorsed efforts to update World Trade Organization rules that Washington complains are outdated and cumbersome.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)
    • Friday, 4 January, 2019
      Chinese economy
      China urges banks to boost small business financing
    • Friday, 26 October, 2018
      Japanese politics & policy
      China and Japan reset strained relationship

      Agreements mark ‘historic turning point’, says Shinzo Abe during Beijing visit

      Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 26, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
    • Wednesday, 24 October, 2018
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      Japan’s Abe set for warmer welcome from Xi during China visit

      US trade tensions and North Korea concerns push uneasy neighbours closer together

    • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      China state groups gobble up struggling private companies

      Growing trend of nationalisation sparks warnings of risk to economic vitality

      FILE PHOTO: A China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017.     REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo
    • Thursday, 20 September, 2018
      News in-depthUS trade
      Reality of painful tariffs point to long-term test for China

      Businesses expect to cope with 10% levy but further rise could hit hard

    • Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
      US trade
      Chinese premier offers sweeteners to foreign investors

      Li Keqiang’s pro-business pledges come a day after Trump ratchets up trade war

      In this Aug. 29, 2018, photo, a man works in an auto parts factory in Liaocheng in eastern China's Shandong province. The Trump administration announced Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, that it will impose tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods starting next week, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies and potentially raising prices on goods ranging from handbags to bicycle tires. (Chinatopix via AP)
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