The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, set to open in Beijing on Oct. 18, is worth watching for two reasons. General Secretary Xi Jinping is bidding to become China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, and he may stake his legitimacy on the country’s growing influence abroad. Both suggest an expansion of China’s political oppression at home and assertiveness abroad. Mr. Xi may defy Party tradition at this Congress, which falls halfway through…
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Report in South China Morning Post, Sept 29, 2017 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will stay on as head of government for another term while President Xi Jinping’s name will be enshrined in the Communist Party’s charter alongside those of late leaders Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, sources familiar with the situation told the South China Morning Post. With three weeks to go before an all-important national party congress that will decide China’s leadership line-up for…
by Tarek Mahmud in Dhaka tribune, Sept 29, 2017 Private security service companies are running their businesses without any specific rules and regulations in place amid a growing risk that militants masquerading as security staff may plot acts of sabotage against Bangladesh’s important establishments. Like other businesses, security service providers are operating merely with a trade licence, depriving their owners and staff of certain benefits. The companies are not being properly monitored as well, said…