by Chow Chung-yan in South China Morning Post, Oct 25, 2017 The list of new faces who are set to join China’s supreme political body, the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, underscores President Xi Jinping’s desire for continuity and consensus-building, but it also prepares the ground for greater changes in the future. After months of intense discussion, the ruling Communist Party is ready to unveil the top leadership group for the next five years at 11.45am…
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By Jeremy Page and Chun Han Wong in The Wall St Journal, Oc 25, 2017 BEIJING—Five years after becoming China’s leader, Xi Jinping has been granted power unmatched in recent decades and a stature on par with that of Chairman Mao. China’s Communist Party ended its weeklong party congress by revising its constitution to inscribe a political theory bearing Mr. Xi’s name and endorse policies to make the nation a world power. The revision to…
by Xie Yu & Wendy Wu in South China Morning Post, Oct 25, 2017 A core group of proven financial technocrats loyal to President Xi Jinping have gained places on the Chinese Communist Party’s new ruling Central Committee. At least 10 of the committee members are seasoned economic and financial regulators, including familiar face Guo Shuqing, the banking regulator who is expected to become the country’s next central bank chief. Miao Wei, the information technology…
By Viola Zhou in South China Morning Post, Oct 25, 2017 Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao has failed to gain a seat on the Communist Party’s biggest leadership body, a move that will deny him a place on the decision-making Politburo and possibly force his retirement. Seen as a protégé of former president Hu Jintao, Li was not among the 204 people named to the Central Committee on Tuesday, even though at 66 he has yet…
by Minnie Chan in South China Morning Post, Oct 25, 2017 China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) could expand one of its top tiers to better grapple with the day-to-day running of the world’s biggest military. Sources close the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said two or three officers could be promoted to vice-chairmen to complement the two-man structure already in place. The new line-up will be revealed on Wednesday after the Communist Party ends its…
Report on bdnews24.com, Oct 25, 2017 The Rapid Action Batallion or RAB arrested three people and seized the drug and drug-making materials during a raid at Dhaka’s Pallabi on Monday. The ring is associated with a Bangladeshi expatriate in Spain, RAB said. The detainees are Mir Manjur Morshed Sunny and two of his accomplices – Mahmudul Hasan Chayan and Habibullah Khan. Sunny’s elder brother Mahadi Manjur Manna has been living in Spain for the last…
by Court Correspondent in bdnews24.com, Oct 24, 2017 at 23.47 hrs The grenade attack on an Awami League rally that left 24 dead in 2004 was planned by a unity of communal forces, prosecutors have said at the case’s hearing. Pakistani intelligence groups were involved in the attack that meant to take out then the opposition chief Sheikh Hasina, said Chief Prosecutor Syed Rezaur Rahman during the second day of argument at a Speedy Trial…
by Rejaul Karim Byron in The daily star, Oct 25, 2017 The government is going to build a 24-kilometre elevated expressway from Dhaka airport to Ashulia for quick entry and exit of vehicles to and from the capital. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) gave the go-ahead yesterday to the Tk 16,901 crore project, 65 percent of which will be financed by China. Following the meeting, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said…