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Posts published in “Day: August 14, 2017

Beijing faces fresh challenges over its South China Sea claims

by Laura Zhou in South China Morning Post, Aug 13, 2017 Beijing might have got its way over the language used in last week’s communique from Asean foreign ministers, but observers say its sweeping claims to the South China Sea are facing fresh challenges. At the gathering in Manila, Association of Southeast Asian Nations members avoided using any expressions that might displease Beijing in their statement regarding the territorial disputes. But Beijing is facing a…

Xinjiang’s police hiring binge comes from party boss’s Tibet playbook

by Nectar Gan in South China Morning Post, Aug 13, 2017 It’s been almost a year since Communist Party rising star Chen Quanguo took the reins of Xinjiang, China’s Uygur heartland, and police jobs have seen an explosive surge. In the past 11 months, more security staff jobs have been advertised than the combined total over the last decade, latest research has revealed. The far western frontier publicly has advertised more than 84,000 security-related positions…

What to expect from Xi Jinping’s Communist Party congress power play

by Nectar Gan in South China Morning Post, Aug 14, 2017 When Xi Jinping took the helm of China’s ruling Communist Party in late 2012 he had few trusted allies by his side or loyal aides at his command. The party’s Central Committee – its senior leadership – was stuffed with cadres handpicked by the previous leadership or the one before that, with many members occupying important jobs in the party and the government. Five…

How a dream to study abroad became a dream of jihad

by Amanur Rahman in Dhaka Tribune, August 14, 2017 Suspected militant Ferdous Ahmed, a follower of New JMB’s mastermind Sarwar-Tamim, made a failed attempt to flee to Syria a few months ago. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested him before he could flee. He was shown arrest in an Anti-Terrorism Act case filed with Badda police station on March 21. In the confessional statement given to Dhaka Metropolitan Judge Md Golam Nabi on April 1,…