Staying in power that long will depend on how they manage in an era of slower growth and intensifying competition with the United States, one that has raised the spectre of a new Cold War.
Nguyen Phu Trong, who dominated Vietnamese politics since 2011, passed away two weeks ago at the age of 80. Lam, a career security officer, had been seen as long aiming to become party chief, is believed to be close to Trong and was elected as President in May amid a sweeping anti-graft campaign.
Trong was the most powerful politician in Vietnam and had dominated the country's politics since 2011. He was responsible for a sweeping anti-corruption campaign known as the “blazing furnace” that singed both business and political elites.
Communist Party Congress: Police were stationed along major roads, with bright red-clad neighborhood watch workers at regular intervals in between, to keep an eye out for any potential disruptions.
China has locked up more than a million members of its Uyghur, Kazakh and other Muslim minorities in what critics describe as a campaign to obliterate their distinct cultural identities.
Nepal’s Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to form a small Cabinet on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint the Nepali Congress chief as the country's new prime minister.
A communist rebel group under the leadership of Netra Bikram Chand Biplav has entered into politics after inking a three-point peace deal with the government.
The bill was the final straw in the systematic erosion of indigenous Newar culture and rights by the state. Some critics have termed the bill as the Cultural Revolution of the Communist government.
"Your media coverage has captured the attention of the world" the Communist leader told reporters in Beijing.
Xi Jinping's name and dogma were added to the Communist Party's constitution alongside the party's founders at the close of a twice-a-decade congress of CPC.
President Xi Jinping's second term was endorsed by the Communist Party at the end of its week-long once-in-a-five-year Congress.
Disruptions to WhatsApp services seen as authorities step up monitoring ahead of the Communist Party congress on October 18
Kathmandu: In a major change, Nepal's political parties have agreed to remove the word "secularism" from the new constitution.Nepal was declared a secular country in 2007 after Nepal's hardcore Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist joined
New Delhi: Political support poured in on Wednesday for ex-servicemen demanding the implementation of the 'One Rank One Pension' scheme, even as the BJP sent party leader Vijay Goel to assure the veterans on their
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled his new political theory “four comprehensives”, calling for deeper reforms and rule of law, asserting his authority on the ruling Communist Party and emerging as its strongest leader.This
Shanghai: Shanghai announced on Wednesday it fired four top officials and disciplined seven others over a New Year's Eve stampede that killed 36 people, saying some of the officials were attending an opulent banquet as
Beijing: Chinese authorities arrested the once-feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang and launched a criminal investigation Saturday on charges ranging from adultery and bribery to leaking state secrets, after expelling him from the Communist Party overnight.The
Beijing: A newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party is endorsing charges of leaking state secrets against a veteran journalist that critics say amount to political persecution.The Global Times says in an editorial on Saturday
Beijing: In an unprecedented move, Pope Francis today sent a goodwill message to China's leadership, which allowed the pontiff to use its airspace signalling a possible thaw in bilateral ties mired in a long-running contest
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