Posts published in “Day: October 24, 2017”

By Eva Dou and Chun Han Wong in The Wall St Journal, Oct 24, 2017 BEIJING—The best career move by rising political star Chen Min’er may well have been his efforts 15 years ago to promote another phenom— Xi Jinping. With Mr. Xi now starting a second five-year term as China’s top leader—and with the question looming of whether he will step down in 2022—Mr. Chen is poised to enter the upper ranks as a…

By Choi Chi-yuk in South China Morning Post, Oct 24, 2017 The political ideology of President Xi Jinping was enshrined in the charter of the Communist Party as its twice-in-a-decade national congress concluded on Tuesday. The congress said “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” – which Xi revealed in his political report when the congress was kicked off last week – would be a guide to action for the…

The Daily Star, Oct 24, 2017 by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee and Mohammad Al-Masum Molla Dhaka: The government, the ruling Awami League and the BNP are happy over Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s statement on the Rohingya issue as they hope that India’s stance on the crisis will expedite the process of achieving a solution. About the Indian minister’s remarks on the next general election, the AL said there was nothing new in her comments…