Deaths Among Chinese Communist Party Elites Rise as COVID-19 Wave Hits China
In addition to Yang, those who’ve died over the past few weeks include Zhou Zhichun, former deputy chief editor and vice president for the state-owned China Youth Daily; politician Zhu Zhihong, who once chaired the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Chinese Historians Break Ranks with Party Line in Condemning Russia’s Ukraine War
“As a country that was once also ravaged by war … we sympathize with the suffering of the Ukrainian people,” the letter, signed by history professors at five top Chinese universities, said. “The ruins of buildings, the sound of artillery fire, and the wounds of refugees in Ukraine have injured us deeply.”
Detention of Chinese Insurance Company Chief Not Without Risks
William Ide and Joyce Huang | Voices of America China’s recent detention of Wu Xiaohui, head of the massive insurance conglomerate Anbang Insurance company, is seen by some as a crucial turning point in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on wealthy corrupt business people, or “big crocodiles” as they are called here. But that turning point is […]
Collaborate With Trump, or Prepare to Retaliate? Chinese CEOs Differ
Saibal Dasgupta | VOA Voice of America BEIJING — China’s top corporate executives are divided about how to handle investments in United States under the forthcoming Donald Trump presidency. Opinions being voiced are as diverse as chocolate and poison. Some prefer collaboration with the new administration, while other business leaders advocate retaliation if Trump takes adverse […]
12 Chinese Legal Professionals’ Letter of Appeal for the Review of Jia Jinglong’s Death Penalty
ChinaChange This article was first published in China Change web site on November 14, 2016 About one and a half hours ago, Chinese state media announced that Jia Jinglong had been executed this morning – they killed him faster than we had time enough to translate this appeal, which should still be read and contemplated. […]