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China in Xi Jinping era
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Xi Jinping becomes president
Xi Jinping takes over as president, completing the transfer of power to a new generation of leaders. He launches an efficiency and anti-corruption drive. -
Conviction of Bo Xilai
Former senior leader Bo Xilai is sentenced to life in prison for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. -
New policies
The Communist Party relaxes the one-child policy. China abolishes "re-education through labor" camps. -
Expedition to the moon
China successfully lands the Yutu ("Jade Rabbit") robotic rover on the surface of the moon, the first soft landing there for 37 years. -
Economic reform
China allows foreign companies majority ownership of some telecom and internet services in the Shanghai free trade zone. -
The Chinese growth slows down
China's trade surplus jumps to $31.9bn - up 14 percent from a year earlier - easing concerns the world's second-largest economy may be stuck in a slowdown. -
Deals&Controversies
The US charges five Chinese army officers with industrial cyber-espionage. A row with Vietnam over disputed islands escalates, as ships from the two countries collide in the waters of the South China Sea. Chinese workers flee Vietnam after the row sparks anti-China riots. China signs a 30-year deal worth an estimated $400bn for gas supplies from Russia's Gazprom. -
Hong Kong dispute
Protests against Beijing's plans to vet candidates for elections in 2017 grip Hong Kong. -
Expulsion of Zhou Yongkang
Zhou Yongkang, ex-security chief, is arrested and expelled from the Communist Party. -
China's New Normal
China's economic growth falls to its lowest level in more than 20 years - 7.4 percent in 2014. Government revises growth targets down. -
Xi Jinping's visit to the US
President Xi pays official visit to the United States to seek investment in China. He also agrees to abjure from economic cyber-espionage. -
Spratly Islands incident
China expresses anger at US naval ship sailing by artificial reefs Beijing is building among disputed Spratly Islands in South China Sea. -
End of the one-child policy
The Communist Party announces its decision to end the one-child policy. -
China and Taiwan's historic meeting
China's President Xi Jinping and Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou hold historic talks in Singapore, the first meeting since the nations split in 1949. -
China's economic deceleration
In 2015 the economic growth falls to 6.9 percent, down from 7.3 percent in 2014, and the IMF predicts further deceleration over next two years.
