THIS IS one of those classic cultural, political and media collisions that makes my day. From Zeke Miller: China’s Communist Party newspaper, People’s Daily, congratulates the North Korean leader on being named the sexiest man alive by the the satirical American publication. Seriously. Buzzfeed has a screen capture of the Chinese newspaper text. It doesn’t [...]
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Bo Xilai Expelled from Communist Party
HIS WIFE just received a suspended death sentence for the murder of Neil Haywood, so what does anyone expect? Bo Xilai was a threat to powers who wanted him out and he handed his enemies the dagger to do him in. Having followed this international murder mystery and corruption drama play out across the international [...]
News Desk: China’s President-in-Waiting Still Missing from Public View
China is the world’s second biggest economy, its rising superpower, and is on the cusp of a once-in-a-decade leadership change, but the man expected to take over at the head of the Communist Party has vanished from view, and we don’t know why. [BBC] CHINA’S VICE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping has not been seen in public [...]
‘Kennedys of China’ Engulfed in Money Murder Mystery and Political Scandal
We can marvel over Bo’s downfall. We can go on about how China’s leadership refuses to countenance rising political stars who challenge its clubby world. We can engage in whodunit fantasies about the wife and the dead businessman. But more than anything, this tale shows how an antiquated political system imperils a nation’s future. – [...]
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