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Return of Russia warlords stokes memories of China
Oped, Published on 05/07/2023
» The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but probably nowhere more so than in Beijing. The reason is not only that Russia is a trusted partner for China, but also that there are clear historical parallels between Russia this insurrectionary weekend and events a century ago that weakened China and left it vulnerable to invasion.
US consulate in China readies for closure
AFP, Published on 25/07/2020
» CHENGDU, China: Workers removed the US insignia from the consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday, a day after Beijing ordered its closure as relations deteriorated in a Cold War-style standoff.
China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
AFP, Published on 24/07/2020
» BEIJING: China on Friday ordered the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu to close in retaliation for one of its missions in the United States being shuttered, capping a furious week of Cold War-style diplomacy.
Top Chinese military leader gets life sentence
AFP, Published on 25/07/2016
» BEIJING - Former top Chinese military leader Guo Boxiong was sentenced Monday to life in prison for accepting bribes, the official Xinhua news agency said -- the latest high-profile conviction in President Xi Jinping's crackdown on corruption.
Mao's influence lingers 50 years after China's Cultural Revolution
AFP, Published on 12/05/2016
» BEIJING - Fifty years after the Cultural Revolution spread bloodshed and turmoil across China, the Communist-ruled country is driving firmly down the capitalist road, but Mao Zedong's legacy remains -- like the embalmed leader himself -- far from buried.
Big China presence for 'Panama Papers' law firm
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» BEIJING - The Panamanian law firm at the heart of a massive leak of offshore banking records has more offices in China than any other country, its website shows, raising questions about its activities in the Communist-ruled country.
China's Xi warns Communist colleagues over relatives
AFP, Published on 30/12/2015
» BEIJING - China's Communist chief Xi Jinping told top officials in the ruling party to closely watch their families, state media said Wednesday, after reports that his relations and those of other elite politicians amassed massive wealth.
Wife of fallen China politician Bo Xilai has sentence commuted
AFP, Published on 14/12/2015
» BEIJING - The wife of former Chinese political heavyweight Bo Xilai has had her suspended death sentence for murdering a British businessman commuted to life imprisonment, the latest episode of a drama that rocked the Communist party three years ago.
China tycoon linked to Bo Xilai dies in jail: media
AFP, Published on 07/12/2015
» BEIJING - The billionaire Chinese business tycoon who paid former rising Communist Party political star Bo Xilai millions in bribes has died in prison, state media reported on Monday.
Top China Communist's fall a political move: analysts
AFP, Published on 21/07/2015
» BEIJING - The Chinese Communist Party's expulsion of a former top aide to ex-president Hu Jintao for corruption is a political move reinforcing Xi Jinping's power, analysts said Tuesday.