If body language is a good gauge of political standing, Li Keqiang is looking very much like China's premier-in-waiting.
Entrepreneurship and business are rarely accorded a serious place in discussions around drivers of economic development. A cursory look at the numbers makes this seem very surprising. China has pulled approximately 600 million people out of absolute poverty since Deng Xiaoping unleashed market reforms in the late 1970s. Never in human history have so many people been pulled out of grinding poverty is such a short span of time.
For the first time, urban dwellers in China now outnumber those living in the country.
In China, it is sometimes the doctors who call for medical help.
How will Jiang Zemin be remembered?
Chinese state media is dismissing reports that former President Jiang Zemin has died, calling them "pure rumor."
CNN's Kristi Lu Stout looks back at the events leading up to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
The Communist Party of China turned 89 on July 1 with self-congratulations. Speaking at a gathering celebrating the founding of the CPC, Chinese president and Communist party chief Hu Jintao said, "Practice in the past 89 years proved that the CPC has met the expectations of the people." The party, which now boasts of over 78 million members, remains the sole ruling party in the People's Republic, governing the lives of 1.3 billion people.
Chinese leaders Monday mourned the death of Zhuo Lin, wife of former national leader Deng Xiaoping.
Tens of thousands of people converged Thursday on a park to mark the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.
Can the Internet bring democracy to China? CNN's Emily Chang investigates.
Soon after the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, China became a world pariah. Bill Clinton, while campaigning for the U.S. presidency, condemned the country's leadership as the "butchers of Beijing," and the European Union imposed a ban on military sales to China that remains in place today.
Tiananmen student leader Xiong Yan discusses how a memorial for Hu Yaobang quickly turned into a pro-democracy movement.
Xiong Yan was at the forefront of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
When I first saw Zhao Ziyang up close in 1987, he had just become the new party chief at the closing ceremony of a landmark Communist Party congress.
Bao Pu, editor of Zhao Ziyang's secret taped memoirs, "Prisoner of the State," shares what's learned from them.
Once hidden from the public, a painting titled ''Execution'' is now making history. CNN's Emily Chang reports.
30 years since Deng Xiaoping opened the way for economic reform, China is facing its biggest challenge. CNN's John Vause reports.
China in 1978 was stranded at a political crossroad. It was just emerging from the chaos of the Cultural Revolution and the death of Chairman Mao. Deng Xiaoping had emerged as the new leader, but Mao's dogma remained deep-rooted and seemingly immutable. In and outside the Communist Party, a debate raged: Where to, China?
Victor Yuan, chairman of the Horizon Group consultancy group on China's economic reform over the last 30 years.
Post-Olympics Beijing is a vastly changed landscape from the one that existed in 2001 when the city won the bid.
China feared embarrassing protests before the Olympics, but probably didn't expect them from its own patriotic citizens
The LVMH chairman and CEO talks about his groundbreaking show in China, globalization and how to crack down on counterfeits
The undisputed leader of the Communist Party, Hu Jintao took the center stage at the party congress, proposing to make China prosperous and strong.
Hu's next?
updated: Fri Oct 19 2007 02:31:00
Two young leaders are expected to be promoted as potential successors to party chief Hu Jintao. Jaime FlorCruz reports.
"Please don't make me do this," the woman says. "I can't talk to foreign media."
When I first joined CNN, in 1983, its headquarters was in the basement of a rundown country club, and the network had exactly five foreign correspondents to cover the entire world, including me.
Until early April the village of Huankantou in central China's Zhejiang province barely registered on the radar.
Beijing has warned against "anti-government forces" taking advantage of the death of former party chief Zhao Ziyang to stir up trouble for the administration.
The last time the world saw Zhao Ziyang, he had a bullhorn in his hands and tears in his eyes.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has praised the "one country, two systems" formula in the former Portuguese enclave of Macau, but says nearby Hong Kong has to do better to make it work.
China has hailed its late former leader Deng Xiaoping on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
It was China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping who "resolutely backed" the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, according to former premier Li Peng, the South China Morning Post reports.
One man, alone and unarmed, boldly shuffles to confront a column of tanks, climbs atop one, then berates its occupants. For many, this image defined the tumultuous 1989 clash between Chinese armed forces and anti-government protesters.
What is it about Tiananmen Square?
Balance, not rapid growth, is the central theme of this year's session of China's National People's Congress.
Chairman Mao might have turned in his grave had he seen the convoy of Ferraris parade by Tiananmen Square, swing under his huge image overhanging the entry to the Forbidden City and roar right past his mausoleum.
New ideas are urgently needed as President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao begin the second year of their administration.
A revolution, as Mao Zedong aptly put it, is not a dinner party. Neither is global capitalism. So as the world's most populous nation lurches into the most painful phase of its transition to a mark...
THE HYDROFOIL pulls away from its Hong Kong berth, slips past container ships, barges, and weather-beaten fishing boats, and soon is riding high above the water. In little more than 45 minutes, the...
HOWEVER the political struggles in China, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe turn out, the worldwide Communist movement will never be the same again. After the momentous May of 1989, the power of...
Fortune: Back to schoolupdated: Mon May 09 1988 00:01:00
''I talked to Gorbachev,'' said Robert Strauss, 69. ''I talked to Deng Xiaoping. But I can tell you that I was never as intimidated as I am right now.'' Who could so cow the former Chairman of the ...
China may be poised for yet another experimental spin down the capitalist road. An article in the People's Daily, the Communist party's official newspaper, called for the establishment of Western-s...
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