Deng Liqun, Divisive Chinese Communist Party Official, Dies at 99
HONG KONG — He was as obstinate as a Hunan mule, the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said. China’s reformist officials and liberal intellectuals came to detest him, and he often…
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Communist Leadership Approves Security Goals for China
HONG KONG — China’s Communist Party leadership approved a blueprint on Friday setting out national security priorities and warning that the country faced daunting domestic and external dangers. It was…
Former top Chinese official arrested in corruption probe
China’s former top domestic security official, Zhou Yongkang, has been arrested as part of a corruption probe, the country’s state-run Xinhua news agency reports. Zhou — who had been one…