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Rowan Callick is a double Walkley Award winner and a Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. He has worked and lived in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong and Beijing.

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Liang Xiangyi rolls her eyes at a question from a fellow journalist.

‘Rolling her eyes for all of us’

A Chinese reporter has been caught on camera in a moment of spontaneous honesty at the National People’s Congress | WATCH

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Water vapor and smoke rise from a Tonghua Iron & Steel Group plant in the Erdaojiang district in Tonghua, Jilin province, China, in January. The city’s once-vaunted state-run steel mills have slipped into decline, weighed down by slumping global markets, a changing economy, and the burden of costs and responsibilities to the people of the town they fostered. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS

World trading system under threat

China reckons American trade actions will hurt other states, including the US more than it will hurt itself.

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The World

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with the delegation of People's Liberation Army and armed police in Beijing, Monday, March 12, 2018, after China's rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits that will enable Xi to rule indefinitely. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Big shake-up of Beijing ministries

China has announced a massive restructuring of ministries and agencies.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 11: China's President Xi Jinping applauds after a vote on an amendment to the constitution during a session of the National People's Congress at The Great Hall Of The People on March 11, 2018 in Beijing, China. In an historic vote, Chinese lawmakers abolished presidential term limits and paved the way for Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. Only two delegates out of 2,964 voted against the controversial change and three abstained at the annual gathering of Communist Party loyalists seen as a rubber-stamp exercise. Amending the constitution to allow the 64-year old Xi the possibility of being a 'leader for life'Â has stirred worries of China's return to an era of autocratic rule not seen since Mao Zedong. When the Communist Party announced the proposal to scrap term limits in February it said the move was needed to maintain stability and continuity as China navigates its economic and political rise. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China in every corner of globe

The lifting of China’s presidential term limits marks a turning point for the country and the wider world.

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FILE - In this March 3, 2018, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. At the 2018 ceremonial legislature, the National People's Congress, amends China's constitution to remove the previous limit of two consecutive terms from the presidency and vice presidency and insert

Xi could be a long-term partner

China’s shift towards personal rule by Xi Jinping won’t dent the prospects for our resource industry.

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The World

China's President Xi Jinping applauds after the voting result are announced during the third plenary session of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2018. China's rubber-stamp parliament is set on March 11, to hand President Xi Jinping free rein to rule the rising Asian superpower indefinitely, with potential abstentions offering the only suspense in the historic vote. / AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

Xi anointed a Buddhist deity

Chinese President-potentially-for-life Xi Jinping is garnering even higher accolades as farmers hail him as a Bodhisattva.

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The World

Chinese President Xi Jinping votes during the third plenary session of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2018. China's rubber-stamp parliament is set on March 11, to hand President Xi Jinping free rein to rule the rising Asian superpower indefinitely, with potential abstentions offering the only suspense in the historic vote. / AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

Xi tightens grip as leader for life

Xi Jinping will remain Chinese President indefinitely after becoming the most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong.

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The World

TOPSHOT - Chinese hostesses pose for photos during the second plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 8, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI

‘Robots’ to make Xi leader for life

Xi Jinping’s 2890-strong cheer squad is set to make him president for life tomorrow.

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The World

South Korean national security director Chung Eui-yong, right, accompanied by intelligence chief Suh Hoon, second from right, arrives to speak to reporters at the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 8, 2018. President Donald Trump has accepted an offer of a summit from the North Korean leader and will meet with Kim Jong Un by May, a top South Korean official said, in a remarkable turnaround in relations between two historic adversaries. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Self-boosters to stay war of words

It’s the dream summit. The world’s two most clickbaitish leaders, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, meeting in the northern spring.

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, gestures to journalists during a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, Thursday, March 8, 2018. China says its proposal for a

Open talks with NK: China tells US

China has urged the US to seize on the thaw between North and South Korea by opening talks with Pyongyang.

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