Xi graft purge snares predecessors aide
Mr Ling joins a growing list of high-ranking figures targeted for corruption probes, including General Xu Caihou, who once oversaw promotions in the Peoples Liberation Army, and Zhou Yongkang, the former head of the domestic security service. Mr Ling .
Nothing Lasts Forever; World Bank Ex-Chief Economist Calls
Chen Wenling, chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a government think-tank, said, A supranational currency may be a new direction for development of the global financial system. It also requires different.. Everyone lives in tiny little dog-boxes and you get jail time for dropping your gum on the road and death for smoking a scoob. Fuck that. I was looking at a. goods are delivered. The lack of security is appaling with bitcoin.
G-7 nations aid oil theft in Nigeria ��� Balarabe Musa
The thefts, according to WikiLeaks, also fuelled arms sales to the fidget region while causing environmental damage and cutting production in a nation crucial at the time to US oil supplies, and specifically stated that retired admirals and generals.
Chinas former security chief indicted on corruption charges.
. levels of officials linked to giant state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Those targeted include Zhou Yongkang, the head of Chinas security apparatus until 2012, and others directly connected to ex-Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.
Arrest of tiger Zhou Yongkang sheds light on China graft purge
Mr Zhou is the most senior cadre to face formal corruption charges since the founding of the Peoples Republic in 1949. The fearsome former head of Chinas internal security apparatus (including the courts, judiciary, police and secret police) is.
China businesswoman fined $404m for bribery
A former egg-seller who went on to broker bribes for Chinas railway minister was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined Rmb2.5bn ($404m) by a Beijing court on Tuesday, ending a case that had attracted widespread public attention. At her trial last.
Huawei spies for China, says ex-CIA chief - Phys.org
The former head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden said on Friday it goes without saying that Chinese telecoms giant Huawei spies for Beijing.
UAE debt case: Shahin takes flight - Blogs - Financial Times
���Shahin is still being detained by the security apparatus,��� a Yemeni security source, who declined to be named, told Reuters on Sunday. ���We expect. The extraordinary case of Zack Shahin, the ex-chief executive of Deyaar, a Dubai-based real estate company, took a dark turn this week after reports emerged that he had fled to Yemen whilst on bail and was re-arrested there. ���Shahin is.. Remember the contract of the High Speed Rail with the chinese? Pe��a Nieto��.
Putins Year of Defiance and Miscalculation
Mr. Putin also seemed confident, according to people who spoke to him at the time, that the deep ties he had nurtured for years with major trade partners like Germany would limit the fallout. (Update: Russias finance minister expects currency to.
Ex-Central Bank Head Warns Beijing Could Punish Hong Kong Over Protests
Joseph Yam, executive vice president of advisory body China Society for Finance and Banking and a former Hong Kong central bank chief, said the citys financial integrity and stability of its currency were also at risk. Hong Kongs economic prosperity.
Ex-China security chief jailed for life
Zhou Yongkang, the highest ranking Chinese official to fall in President Xi Jinpings anti-corruption campaign, was sentenced to life in prison at a secret trial held last month, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday. Zhou, who once.
Chinas Former Spy Chief Zhou Yongkang Charged With.
China has issued official charges against its ex-security chief and top tiger Zhou Yongkang, becoming the most senior Chinese figure to be prosecuted for corruption in more than 60 years. The 73-year-old. Comparatively speaking, hitting tigers and flies is easier than making systemic reforms, he told the Financial Times. Others have. China has also come under international pressure for their recent jailing of female activists charged with public disorder offences.
Hong Kong Protests Fueled by Foreign Agencies, Ex-China Official Says
Mr. Chen said he is confident that Hong Kongs chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, and the government in Hong Kong, which is known as a special administrative region or SAR, will handle the protests in lawful way. But he suggested the reckoning would .
7 federal ministers we dont need
So in the ministries, the real civil servants were relegated to playing second fiddle to the civil servants hand picked from among the nannies, cooks, girlfriends/boyfriends and kinsmen/women of the minister-who at most times have no clue (s) as to.
Business in Nigeria post election
However, a long road still lies ahead for both the country and the opposition since this is its first time at the seat of power since the start of civilian rule in 1999. With its population about 20 percent of total African population and an economy.
Chinas PLA controls hackers: US IT security firm - Phys.org
Chinas army controls hundreds if not thousands of virulent and cutting-edge hackers, according to a report Tuesday by a US Internet security firm that traced a host of cyberattacks to an anonymous building in Shanghai.. A series of brazen IT attacks on Americas most high-profile media outlets, reported by The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, as well as on Twitter and others, have revived concerns over Chinese hackers. The Times said hackers stole��.
Ex-wife of fugitive Chinese official held in US on immigration fraud and money.
The ex-wife of a fugitive former Chinese official has been arrested in the United States on allegations of immigration fraud and money laundering. Her former husband, Qiao Jianjun, has not been caught. Zhao Shilan, from Washington state, was arrested .
It Looks A Lot Like Chinas Security Head Is About To Be.
A damning letter from ex-party members and links to Bo Xilai may seal Zhou Yongkangs fate.. Secondly, if reports from the FTs Jamil Anderlini are true, it seems that Zhous time may be up.. However, it is regrettable that we create and serve the Peoples Republic of China with their blood and lives, is not that Mao has repeatedly promised democracy, equality, fair, independent, prosperous new China, but rather than the KMT more brutal decadent old China, more��.
China seizes US$14.5b assets from family, associates of ex.
But it may also be driven partly by political payback after Zhou angered leaders such as Xi by opposing the ouster of former high-flying politician Bo Xilai, who was jailed for life in September for corruption and abuse of power.. Zhou rose through the ranks of Chinas oil and gas sector before joining the elite Politburo Standing Committee in 2007, where as domestic security chief his budget exceeded defence spending... Heung Yee Kuk must move with the times.
Man who threw eggs at Hong Kong finance chief sentenced.
A pro-democracy activist who threw eggs at Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah during a 2013 political forum in North Point must serve his sentence of three weeks in jail, after a judge refused to quash his conviction for��.
GSK-linked investigator found guilty in China trial
If we had known at the time obtaining information in that way was illegal, we would have told our clients that we couldnt use those methods, she said, according to the courts online posts. Chinese authorities did not officially link the trial to.
Too old to work, too poor to retire: jailing of security guard.
Last months jailing of a 73-year-old security guard for using a fake ID has exposed the plight of many elderly residents who struggle to get by.. Please dont knock our humble middle-class financial secretary.. hence ex colonial legal practitioners are covered head to feet in ludicrous attires - True democrats should target retention election as the first priority in their pursuit of voting rights and petition to the CEO for a much needed lesson for the irrelevant judiciary
Toyota remains global top selling automaker
Toyota remains the top automaker in global vehicle sales after the first quarter in 2015 with 2.52 million vehicles sold despite weakening demand for the brand at the domestic market back home. The race among the three automakers is intense, playing.
Former Mongolian president arrested on corruption charges.
Enkhbayar was arrested for questioning in a serious corruption case, E Ambarbat, head of the Independent Agency Against Corruption, told a press conference. Though. People lost their lives. I want to tell the truth about the incident. The discussion of the meeting of the National Security Council is classified information. This should be changed. Parliament and the National Security Council can change this. Because. China targets Mongolia in SouthGobi move, FT.
Chinese ex-leader Zhou Yongkang charged with corruption
Sometimes referred to as the ���Dick Cheney of China���, Mr Zhou was the most feared of Chinas top leaders because of his position as head of the internal security services, the police and the courts, and his connections in the state-owned energy sector.
EU leaders call for emergency talks after 700 migrants drown off Libya
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said foreign ministers would discuss the issue at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. If confirmed, the death toll would bring to 1,500 the total number of dead since the beginning of the year resulting from.
China expels ex-security boss Zhou Yongkang from.
Beijing (AFP) - Chinas powerful former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been expelled from the Communist Party and arrested, the state-run Xinhua news.
China Puts Former Security Chief Under House Arrest.
Zhou was a patron of the once high-flying politician Bo Xilai, who was jailed for life in September for corruption and abuse of power - the worst political scandal since the 1976 downfall of the Gang of Four at the end of the Cultural Revolution. Xi Jinping and. But sources with ties to the leadership told Reuters at the time that Zhou was merely helping authorities with the investigation into state energy companies and, contrary to media reports, was not the target then.
New York Prison Break Details - Business Insider
Richard Matt, 48, was serving a sentence of 25 years to life for killing and dismembering his former boss in 1997. David Sweat, 34, was. Detective Gabriel DiBernardo told The New York Times that you can never have enough security with Matt or turn your back on him because of his great efforts to elude police.. NOW WATCH: Incredible video shows 51 workers crammed into a 6-seater minibus in China. Being a hunter may be better than ex-military. I know I��.
Top tigers in Chinas sights
Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the China Communist Partys Politburo, was the head of Chinas security apparatus from 2007 to 2012. He built up his political power base in the oil industry and in the western province of .
Zhou Yongkangs Downfall | ChinaFile
On July 29, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communisty Party announced it was investigating ex-security czar Zhou Yongkang ���on suspicion of grave violations of discipline.��� Zhou, who retired. It helps that Caixins editor and pioneering journalist Hu Shuli has long had good relations with the head of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, CCPs anti-graft body, Wang Qishan, from his time in the finance sector. As to whether��.
Sacked Deputy Reform Commissioner Gets Life in Jail for.
A former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has been sentenced to life in prison for taking 35.6 million yuan (U.S.$5.8 million) in bribes between 2002 and 2012, according to a. Liu, once deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Chinas top economic planning agency, was convicted of bribery and sentenced to life in prison after a former lover went public with a litany of accusations against him.