by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 22, 2014 | World
Beijing, AP—The top aide to former Chinese President Hu Jintao has been placed under investigation for unspecified disciplinary violations, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday, in a sign that President Xi Jinping is removing his predecessor’s influences...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 14, 2013 | World
Beijing, Reuters—China’s parliament formally elected heir-in-waiting Xi Jinping president on Thursday, completing the country’s second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in 1949. The largely rubber-stamp National...