The fate of the disgraced former Politburo member Bo Xilai has engrossed Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders since his police chief, Wang Lijun, attempted to defect to the United States on Feb. 6. At issue is not Bo’s individual fate, but rather how widely other CCP officials are implicated in Bo’s crimes.
At the 18th Party Congress, expected to convene on Nov. 8, Xi and Vice Premier Li Keqiang are expected to be introduced as the Party’s new leadership team.
As the Beijing Olympics kicked off and China won one gold medal after another, the Chinese regime’s state run media claims China is determined to win as many gold medals as possible. But, do more gold medals reflect better overall fitness of Chinese?
Giant, steel-cold and unbelievably complicated, China’s National Stadium, nicknamed the Bird’s Nest, is a perfect embodiment of the country under communist reign.