A sign the power game has changed in Beijing
From South China Morning Post China watchers look for patterns and signs in the secretive workings of the Communist Party the way ancient seers examined animal innards for clues to the future. So it came as a shock to many when Vice-President Xi Jinping, the heir apparent to President Hu Jintao, was not appointed vice-chairman...
The tragicomedy of ex-Taiwanese President Chen Shui Bian
OPINION It is easy to condemn a man based on one unforgivable mistake which will erase all the right things he had done in his life. Ex-Taiwanese President Chen Shui Bian was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Taiwanese court last week, bringing a sorrowful end to the political career of one of Asia's leading democrats. Chen...
Shock as CCP fails to anoint Xi Jinping (to CMC)
By Cary Huang from South China Morning Post Against all expectations, Vice-President Xi Jinping has not been appointed vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, a post that would have sealed him as the heir of President Hu Jintao. Communist Party leaders completed their four-day annual conclave yesterday without announcing...
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