Panama Papers implicate relatives of Xi, other top China leaders

Panama Papers implicate relatives of Xi, other top China leaders

Special to WorldTribune.com The Panama Papers have impacted officials at the top of China’s hierarchy which has spent the past year purging top rivals of President Xi Jinping on charges of corruption. At least three of the seven people on the Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee, the Chinese Communist Party’s most powerful committee, including Xi […]

Xi Jinping power play contradicts vow to ‘let the market play a decisive role’

Xi Jinping power play contradicts vow to ‘let the market play a decisive role’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Beijing has announced the line-up of a super-agency charged with overseeing the directions of economic reform. President Xi Jinping, who is already in charge of party and foreign affairs in addition the army and the police, has been appointed the Head of the Chinese Communist Party’s Leading Group […]