Tag: Communist Party

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 11:55 UTC

  Raúl Castro in favor of dialogue with US in one of his last appearances as Communist Party leader

  

  Iconic Cuban Revolution leader Raúl Castro Friday opened the Cuban Communist Party convention which will mark the end of his days as First Secretary by making it clear nobody had forced him to make that decision and he supported a closer dialogue with giant neighbours the United States.

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  President Xi announces end of poverty in China, on Communist Party's 100th anniversary

  

  China's President Xi Jinping officially declared Thursday that the country has completed its “arduous task” of eradicating extreme poverty, saying 98.99 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the past eight years.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Pompeo tells NBA to stand up to China, after a row over support for Hong Kong protestors

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged the NBA to stand up to China, wading into a row as Beijing pressures the basketball league after a team official expressed support for demonstrations in Hong Kong.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:08 UTC

  Cuban King censor exposed to some of his own medicine by Twitter

  

  Twitter has restored some of the accounts of Cuban state-run media, journalists and government officials it had blocked on Wednesday, although others like that of Communist Party leader Raul Castro remain suspended.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  China's hounded Huawei warns it could shift to countries “where it is welcomed”

  

  The chairman of Chinese tech giant Huawei has warned that his company could shift away from Western countries if it continues to face restrictions. Huawei has been under scrutiny by Western governments, which fear its products could be used for spying.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 09:14 UTC

  China's richest man with a US$ 35.8bn fortune is member of the Communist Party

  

  Jack Ma, the head of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China's best-known capitalist, is a Communist Party member, the official Party newspaper said on Monday, debunking a public assumption the billionaire was politically unattached.

• Monday, October 8th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  China admits to be investigating head of Interpol on “suspected law violations”

  

  China on Sunday said it was investigating Interpol's President Meng Hongwei, who went missing in September, over “suspected law violations”. The international police agency then announced it had received Meng's resignation.

• Monday, April 18th 2011 - 06:38 UTC

  Cuba’s geriatric leadership admits it lacks a reserve of well-trained replacement

  

  Cuba will consider placing term limits on its leaders to assure new blood in the government, President Raul Castro said in a speech kicking off a Communist Party congress on the island he and his brother have led for more than five decades.