Not since the era of Mao Zedong has China seen “a purge of this magnitude”, said The Indian Express (Noida). On 24 January, Beijing announced that the nation’s highest-ranking general, Zhang Youxia, ...

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China’s emergencies minister Wang Xiangxi is the latest to be investigated by president Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption watchdog, part of a growing purge of senior officials. The Chinese Communist ...

Miles Yu is director of the China Center at Hudson Institute. The dramatic purge of China’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, Gen. Zhang Youxia, last weekend is the latest evidence that communist ...

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“IN AN UNCERTAIN world, China is the biggest certainty.” So proclaimed a Chinese spokesman in December. Amid a war in Europe, turmoil in the Middle East and America’s rewriting of the geopolitical ...

If you're feeling overwhelmed, bored or burned out, career coach Megan Hellerer recommends taking a hard look at your calendar. Your calendar contains "the receipts of your life," Hellerer, the author ...

In 1757, a firing squad executed Adm. John Byng on the deck of a Royal Navy warship for “failing to do his utmost” in pursuing the enemy during a battle in the Seven Years’ War. As Voltaire put it, ...

BEIJING (AP) — China made a major announcement over the weekend, saying it was investigating the army’s top general for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. Lucas: Politics makes ...

BEIJING — The downfall of China’s top general, second in command and once a close ally of President Xi Jinping, has thrown the leadership of the country’s military into turmoil and raised questions ...