Xinhua report in Global Times, Nov 3, 2017 The Central Military Commission (CMC) on Thursday promoted Zhang Shengmin, secretary of its discipline inspection commission, to the rank of general, the highest rank for officers on active service in China. At the promotion ceremony, CMC Chairman Xi Jinping presented Zhang with a certificate of command, shook hands with him and extended his congratulations. Zhang is also a member of the CMC.http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1073409.shtml
Posts published in “Day: November 3, 2017”
by Viola Zhou in South China Morning Post, Nov 3, 2017 Three Politburo members, including a prominent protégé of President Xi Jinping, will embark on a nationwide tour this weekend to promote the president’s ideology and policy initiatives. Observers said the decision to include Chen Miner, Xi’s close associate and one of the youngest Politburo members, in the group pointed to his expanding role in the leadership. The Politburo trio will be part of a…
report in bdnews24.com, Nov 2, 2017 ar 18:20:42.0 BdST BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has defended herself in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and said the government is trying to portray her as ineligible for contesting the national polls. “Their ministers are saying that I will be convicted and kept at Kashimpur jail. I fear that I may not get justice,” she said at Dhaka’s fifth special judge’s court at Bakshibazar on Thursday. The court…
Report in Dawn, November 3rd, 2017 SUKKUR: Pilgrims from different towns of Punjab travelling to Iran in 11 coaches on Thursday were intercepted near the Sindh-Balochistan border at Zero Point of Jacobabad for security reasons. According to reports, the pilgrims were de-boarded near the border for a security check which irked leaders of Shia organisations, who then along with the passengers held a protest in the area. As a result of the protest, the route…