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Ex-top China military official, facing bribery probe, dies

March 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP)  — The Chinese military’s former second-highest ranking officer, Xu Caihou, who had been under investigation for alleged bribe-taking and brokering of promotions, has died in a hospital of cancer, the state Xinhua News Agency reported early Monday. He was 71. A former deputy chairman of the ruling Communist Party’s Central […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Beijing, CMC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Communist Party, Ex-top China, Gu Junshan, Hong Kong-based, Hu Jintao, Liberation Army, Phoenix Weekly, President Xi Jinping, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, Xinhua News Agency, Xu Caihou

N. Korean leader’s sister named as senior official

December 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has revealed that leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister is a senior official in the ruling Workers’ Party, adding to analysts’ views that she is an increasingly important part of the family dynasty that runs the country.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Central Committee, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo Jong, Korean, North Korea, SEOUL, Vol 33 No 50 | December 6 - December 12, Workers Party

How high-level Chinese officials are taken down

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The investigation into China’s former Security Chief Zhou Yongkang could pave the way for him to stand trial as the most senior politician ever prosecuted for

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Bo Xilai, Central Committee, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Communist Party, Security Chief Zhou Yongkang, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15, Xu Caihou, blog

Fallen Chinese political star to go on trial

August 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai goes on trial Aug. 22 on corruption charges in a case crafted to minimize damage to the Communist Party and avoid exposure of party infighting or human rights abuses.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing, Bo Xilai, Central Committee, China, Dali Yang, Fallen Chinese, Fang Hong, Gu Kailai, Intermediate People, Kerry Brown, Lu Qi, Song Yangbiao, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30, Wang Lijun, Xinhua News Agency, Zhang Lifan, Zhang Sizhi

China microblogs praise Bo Xilai prosecution

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Twitter-like weibo microblogging services have become lively forums for commenting on the events of the day in China’s otherwise tightly controlled media landscape. On July 25, however, the comments about disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai’s indictment for alleged corruption, bribe taking, and abuse of power were […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Bo Xilai, Central Committee, China, Chinese, General Secretary Xi, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, social media

NKorean farmers can make profit growing food for first time

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press HAMHUNG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean farmers knee deep in muddy paddies across the country have a new incentive during this year’s crucial rice planting season: possible bonuses that are part of an economic shift echoing ally China’s steps three decades ago toward embracing capitalism.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, AP, Beijing, Central Committee, China, Chinese, HAMHUNG, Impoverished North Korea, John Delury, Kim Jong Jin, Kim Jong-un, North Koreans, Pak Pong Ju, Ralph Cossa, South Korea, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, Yonsei University

Myanmar opposition party to hold party congress

March 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win THE Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In another sign of political reform and reconciliation in Myanmar, the country’s biggest party, led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, will hold its first-ever congress in the country’s former capital next week. “This will be the NLD’s first party congress since the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2015, Aung San Suu Kyi, Central Committee, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, NLD, National League, Nyan Win, Ohn Kyaing, Thein Sein, USDP, Vol 32 No 11 | March 9 - March 15, YANGON, censorship

Kim Jong Il’s heir meets with South Korean delegation

January 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state media revealed a new title that gives Kim Jong Un authority over political matters. Kim Jong Un has rapidly gained prominence since the death of his father Kim Jong Il on Dec. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Comrade Kim Jong Un, Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun, Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Il Sung Square, Kim Jong-il, Korean People, Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Last Monday, National Defense Commission, North Korean, Rodong Sinmun, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Workers Party

China launches new English-language newspaper

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A new English-language paper published by China’s Communist Party hit newsstands on Monday, April 20; it’s part of Beijing’s efforts to raise its profile on the global stage and find an international audience for the party line. The inaugural English edition of the Global Times led […]

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Beijing Summer Olympic Games, Central Committee, Chinese, Cold War, Communist Party, David Bandurski, Discover China, English-language China Daily, Global Times, Great Wall, Hong Kong, Mao Zedong, Shanghai Daily, Within China, editorial

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