Shanghai reported one new domestically transmitted symptomatic coronavirus cases for Oct. 23, up from none a day earlier, and 11 local asymptomatic cases, down from 12 the previous day, the city ... ( read original story ...)
China’s next premier Li: A Xi loyalist who oversaw Shanghai lockdown
Li Qiang, who oversaw Shanghai's grinding two-month COVID-19 lockdown this year as party boss of China's commercial hub, is on track to become China's next premier after President Xi Jinping unveiled ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai party boss on fast track to premiership
BEIJING – The poorly-managed lockdown in Shanghai earlier this year did not dim the city’s Communist Party chief Li Qiang’s rising star, as the close aide of President Xi Jinping is now set to become ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Li Qiang shakes off Shanghai Covid chaos to enter Communist Party inner circle
Li has decades of experience in regional economic management as well as a lot of trust and rapport with the president His promotion of high technology and innovation also corresponds with Xi Jinping's ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 in Shanghai: 12 local infections, 28 imported patients
The city reported no locally transmitted confirmed cases, 12 local asymptomatic infections, five imported confirmed cases and 23 imported asymptomatic infections for Saturday, said the Shanghai Health ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping promotes loyal Shanghai chief to upper echelons of power
But just months later, Li has been promoted by China’s president Xi Jinping into the Politburo Standing Committee to serve as the party’s second-highest ranking official and presumed ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Next Premier: Xi Loyalist Who Oversaw Shanghai Lockdown
Li Qiang, who oversaw Shanghai's grinding two-month COVID-19 lockdown this year as party boss of China's commercial hub, is on track to become China's next premier after President Xi Jinping unveiled ... ( read original story ...)