Special to WorldTribune.com President Xi Jinping’s concept of “total national security” was put to the test when a bomb exploded in the Urumqi Railway Station Wednesday evening, April 30, just a few hours after the supremo ended a four-day inspection trip to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The blast, which killed at least three […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Beijing propaganda machinery has gone into overdrive to advertise the upcoming plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee, which is scheduled to endorse an economic-reform blueprint. Yu Zhengsheng, the No. 4-ranked member of the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC), has asserted that “the scale […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has sought to boost stability in Tibet by vowing to grant more economic benefits for ordinary Tibetans. Yu Zhengsheng, the Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of both Tibet and Xinjiang, paid a visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) early this […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Even history buffs in China have only a hazy recollection of one of the most sensational spy and defection cases in Communist Chinese history. In 1985, Yu Qiangsheng, a senior cadre in Beijing’s Ministry of State Security, defected to the United States. The information he provided led to […]