Tag: China

                The spectacular fall of leading Communist Party chief Bo Xilai and the imprisonment of his wife, Gu Kailai, for murder, was the ...

The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists said 232 journalists are jailed around the world as of Dec. 1, a record number since the group began counting in 1990. WORST: Turkey ...

As I write, we have just received news of what we believe to be the 29th Tibetan in the past month to set fire to themselves in protest at Chinese ...

In his first three weeks as China's Communist Party boss, Xi Jinping has shown himself to be more confident, direct and relaxed than his predecessor - but also quick to ...

Chinese firms have invested some two billion dollars in Iranian projects, Iranian ambassador to China said at the sidelines of the 4th China Overseas Investment Fair. It is while the ...

China's Communist Party congress offered the first clues on a generational leadership change on Wednesday as Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang took the first step to the presidency and premiership, ...

Has Russia's special relationship with Germany hit the rocks? German lawmakers last week passed a nonbinding resolution calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to raise concerns about the state of human ...

China's political elite is dominated by two factions. But once the new leaders are unveiled, who will have the upper hand, and how will competing factions balance power? As part ...

China’s leadership transition has formally edged ahead, with the executive body of the Communist Party Congress forwarding a list of names to congress delegates for review. State media reported that ...

 With newly-affluent Russians and Chinese queuing up to tour the EU, Brussels on Wednesday urged European nations to facilitate travel visas to help spur badly-needed economic growth. "It's business," said ...