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China’s Xi Jinping congratulates North Korean leader

Edit Taipei Times 10 May 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, congratulating him on his election as ruling party chairman at a congress at which Beijing — Pyongyang’s closest ally — was notably absent ... A large Chinese delegation had attended the last Workers’ Party congress in 1980, headed by Li Xiannian (李先念), who later became China’s president....

North Korea's nuclear attitude 'has not changed': China media

Edit The Times of India 09 May 2016
BEIJING ... But the international community and the United Nations have long demanded an end to the North's nuclear and missile programmes ... There were no Chinese representatives at the Workers' Party gathering, the Global Times reported last week, although a large delegation attended the previous congress in 1980 headed by Li Xiannian, later China's official head of state ... ....

China media: North Korea unchanged on nukes

Edit The Japan News 09 May 2016
But the international community and the United Nations have long demanded an end to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs ... There were no Chinese representatives at the Workers’ Party gathering, the paper reported last week, although a large delegation attended the previous congress in 1980 headed by Li Xiannian, later China’s official head of state ... It also views as anathema the prospect of U.S ... Click to play ... + -. Generating speech....

Party Congress to Highlight N.Korean Isolation

Edit Chosun Ilbo 20 Apr 2016
A massive Workers Party Congress slated for early May, the first in 36 years, is likely to highlight above all North Korea's international isolation ... The last party congress in 1980 saw 177 delegations from 118 countries. Foreign leaders included China's then vice-premier Li Xiannian, Soviet Politburo member Viktor Grishin, Guinean President Sékou Touré and Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe ... Read this article in Korean. ....

China’s state broadcaster rewrites history to erase purged leader Zhao Ziyang

Edit South China Morning Post 23 Nov 2015
CCTV showed a front page from People’s Daily with the headline “Hu Yaobang appointed party general secretary” but the picture of Zhao, a member of the Politburo’s Standing Committee, was replaced by one of Li Xiannian, who was ranked lower at the time than Zhao. Li’s photo was originally in the second row of photos below the fold ... ....

China's Yuan Dreams Pit Germans Against Rest of Exchange World

Edit Bloomberg 18 Nov 2015
For years, if not decades, just about every financial center in the world has tried to set up a yuan trading hub outside China ... Deutsche Boerse AG is undaunted ... Onshore Versus Offshore CNY ... In trillions of yuan ... 13 ... CME Group Inc ... Way back in 1985, the Chicago-based derivatives exchange welcomed then-Chinese President Li Xiannian, causing the trading pits to grind to a halt as thousands of traders cheered and tossed paper like confetti ... ....

Age of reason: Hong Kong is far from being run by old men, despite what student activist Joshua Wong might think

Edit South China Morning Post 03 Nov 2015
The fate of the country, however, was in the hands of the "eight patriarchs", namely Deng Xiaoping , Chen Yun , Peng Zhen , Yang Shangkun , Bo Yibo , Li Xiannian, Deng Yingchao and Wang Zhen , who were all aged 80 or over at the time....

U.S. and China make progress, but differences lurk

Edit CNN 26 Sep 2015
The summit, which opened with a 21-gun salute and later Friday will feature a state dinner, comes at a time when the two great powers are seeking to find areas of cooperation on issues like climate and terrorism ... READ ... W. Bush proposes a toast to former Chinese President Li Xiannian during a dinner at the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C ... Li, the first Chinese head of state to visit the United States, hosted the dinner in Bush's honor ... ....

Expectations low for Obama-Xi state visit

Edit CNN 26 Sep 2015
Washington (CNN)Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping will trade platitudes and raise a glass to 40 years of U.S.-China ties at a state dinner on Friday night ... 6 awkward conversation topics for Obama, Xi ... The U.S ... Replay ... Bush proposes a toast to former Chinese President Li Xiannian during a dinner at the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C ... Li, the first Chinese head of state to visit the United States, hosted the dinner in Bush's honor ... ....

Obama, Xi pledge to work to avoid military mishaps

Edit CNN 25 Sep 2015
The move comes amid rising tension in the South and East China Seas over China's territorial claims and after U.S. officials this week accused a Chinese jet pilot of making a "dangerous" pass near a U.S ... 12 photos ... U.S ... U.S ... Bush proposes a toast to former Chinese President Li Xiannian during a dinner at the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C ... Li, the first Chinese head of state to visit the United States, hosted the dinner in Bush's honor....

Cowboy hats and Disneyland: Chinese leaders' past US visits

Edit Denver Post 23 Sep 2015
Click photo to enlarge. FILE - In this Feb. 2, 1979 file photo, an aide helps Chinese former leader Deng Xiaoping try on a cowboy hat presented to him at a rodeo in Simonton, Texas. One wore a cowboy hat ... ———FILE - In this July 23, 1985 file photo, Chinese President Li Xiannian, right, applauds while visiting with U.S ... LI XIANNIAN, 1985 — Li's visit came amid heightened Cold War tensions when the U.S ... ....

Wang Dongxing’s death stirs memories and lessons from China’s past

Edit Asia Times 24 Aug 2015
Death has finally claimed once-powerful Chinese Communist Party security chief Wang Dongxing. He died a few days ago at the age of 99. But his actual demise was only the coda to an official death imposed on him almost 40 years ago in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution ... Wang Dongxing. Wang was Mao’s mighty head of the security ... Deng Xiaoping ... From left. Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, Wang Dongxing et al....

Liu: China, US can be 'driver' of world piece

Edit China Daily 25 Jun 2015
Some of these historic photos were shot by American soldiers in China during World War II, according to Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the organization that provided the photos for exhibit. Li is the daughter of General Li Xiannian, who saved a member of the "Flying Tigers" air squadron during World War and was president of China between 1983 and 1988....
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