Analysts tell VOA that to better know Li, it is important to understand his place in China’s leadership structure – highly centralized under Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s ...

Li Keqiang, who was China’s second-in-command and top economic official until March and was once a rival to Xi Jinping for the country’s presidency, died Oct. 27 in Shanghai. He was 68.

Li Hongzhong has built a reputation as the Chinese official most eager to heap praise on leader Xi Jinping.Now he has a new distinction: the only nominee to receive a “no” vote this year for a ...

Instead, he watched the importance of the role shrivel during his tenure, as China's top leader, Xi Jinping, amassed power. Li's passing marks the end of an era, according to Victor Shih ...

Mr. Li, who retired in March, was muscled out of the premier’s usual policymaking roles by Mr. Xi. Chinese citizens expressed shock at his death, from a heart attack. By Chris Buckley and Keith ...

Chinese leader Xi embarks on ‘intensive’ overhaul as he cements power Li has a track record of working with private business. But experts of Chinese politics widely hold he was chosen for the ...

Li was seen by some as a political figure who could have challenged Xi, who ultimately fell in line with the latter's political agenda. Li's relatively pro-market policies today stand at odds with ...

"If proof were needed that loyalty trumps meritocracy in Xi's China, Li Qiang's elevation provides it," said Richard McGregor, a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. "Li might be quite ...

"Li's relationship with Xi played a role here," enabling him to present the scheme directly to the central government, without going through the CSRC, the person added. The CSRC did not respond to ...

Eight years later, Ma has been silenced by President Xi and Li Qiang has emerged from the Chinese Communist party’s historic 20th congress as its second-highest ranking official. The congress ...

BEIJING, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Li Xi, the Communist Party chief of the economic powerhouse Guangdong province, assumed two new titles on Sunday when he was elevated to the elite Politburo Standing ...

As premier, Mr. Li is now China’s No. 2 leader and the top bureaucrat leading the country’s cabinet and wielding broad authority over economic policy. The position has weakened under Xi ...