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South China Morning Post
01-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
China's ethnic affairs overseer to take Communist Party helm in Xinjiang
A senior Chinese official with a background in water resources and ethnic affairs has been named as the new Communist Party boss of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region In a one-paragraph announcement on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua said the party's Central Committee 'recently decided' that Chen Xiaojiang would serve as party secretary of Xinjiang. The move might clear the path for Chen, one of the 300 or so members of the Central Committee, to be promoted within the party's hierarchy, given that the Xinjiang party chief traditionally has a seat on the now 24-strong Politburo. Beijing regards the stability of the region – which covers one-sixth of China and is a vital road link to Central Asia and the Middle East – as critical for its international infrastructure push, the Belt and Road Initiative Chen's predecessor, Ma Xingrui , 'will be appointed to another position', according to the announcement. Chen, 63, heads to Xinjiang after a stint as the executive deputy minister of the United Front Work Department. The department is the party organ responsible for relations with non-party groups and individuals inside and outside mainland China, a brief that includes oversight of ethnic affairs and religious organisations within the country.
South China Morning Post
01-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
China's ethnic affairs chief to take Communist Party helm in Xinjiang
A senior Chinese official with a background in water resources and ethnic affairs has been named as the new Communist Party boss of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Advertisement In a one-paragraph announcement on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua said the party's Central Committee 'recently decided' that Chen Xiaojiang would serve as party secretary of Xinjiang. The move might clear the path for Chen, one of the 300 or so members of the Central Committee, to be promoted within the party's hierarchy, given that the Xinjiang party chief traditionally has a seat on the now 24-strong Politburo. Beijing regards the stability of the region – which covers one-sixth of China and is a vital road link to Central Asia and the Middle East – as critical for its international infrastructure push, the Belt and Road Initiative Chen's predecessor, Ma Xingrui , 'will be appointed to another position', according to the announcement. Advertisement Chen, 63, heads to Xinjiang after a stint as the executive deputy minister of the United Front Work Department. The department is the party organ responsible for relations with non-party groups and individuals inside and outside mainland China, a brief that includes oversight of ethnic affairs and religious organisations within the country.
South China Morning Post
02-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Temasek, Asian state funds to grow their assets by 34% to US$25 trillion by 2030
Asian state-owned investors (SOIs) are projected to grow their assets under management by 34 per cent over the next five years, aided by growing economies, healthier fiscal balances and bigger contributions from the continent's relatively young population, according to Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. Advertisement These sovereign investors, which include 146 central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds, could grow their assets to US$25 trillion by 2030 from an estimated US$18.7 trillion currently, the US-based organisation said in a report on Tuesday. The sum would collectively represent one-third of the global total, it added. 'As countries and their citizens reap the rewards of the integration with the global economy, policymakers hope to capitalise on their position to continue their growth stories, buoyed by favourable demographics and geographic position,' the report said. To meet ambitious development goals, policymakers must raise additional revenue while reining in public spending, it added. Asia contributed roughly US$35 trillion to global gross domestic product and represented 60 per cent of economic growth last year, it said. It is also home to 46 sovereign wealth funds with US$4.8 trillion of assets as of April 2025. Ma Xingrui, party secretary for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, meets with top Temasek executives in Urumqi in August 2024. Photo: Handout The report highlighted the prolific deal-making of Singapore's Government Investment Corp or GIC and Temasek, among the world's top spenders. Between January 2020 and April 2025, the Singaporean duo accounted for almost three-quarters of all capital deployed by Asian sovereign investors to top destinations like the US, India, UK and China.
South China Morning Post
21-03-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Praise for Xinjiang as Thai ministers visit deported Uygurs in western Chinese region
Thailand hopes to 'learn from Xinjiang 's experience' of managing a multi-ethnic society, deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai has been quoted as telling the Communist Party chief of the western Chinese region earlier this week. Advertisement According to an official Chinese statement released on Friday, Ma Xingrui, party secretary for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, held talks with Phumtham – who is also the Thai defence minister – in the city of Kashgar on Wednesday. The Thai delegation, which included senior officials and media representatives, also visited repatriated Uygurs at their homes the same day, accompanied by local officials, the Thai Public Broadcasting Service reported. Uygurs are a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that the West and rights groups claim have been persecuted by Beijing , which rejects the charge. Ma Xingrui, the Communist Party secretary for Xinjiang, hopes to 'further strengthen exchanges and interactions between Xinjiang and Thailand at the local level'. Photo: AP The Thai visit was part of a deal struck with Beijing when Bangkok agreed to send back 40 Uygurs who had spent more than a decade in detention since fleeing China. They are reported to have been trying to reach Turkey, which has a significant Uygur population, and were detained by Thai border control.
