Thursday, November 10, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese warehouse chief gets suspended death sentence over 2015 Tianjin blast that killed 173
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2044719/chinese-businessman-receives-suspended-death-sentence

Related:
China convicts dozens for last year's giant explosions in Tianjin
Deutsche Welle, November 9, 2016
http://www.dw.com/en/china-convicts-dozens-for-last-years-giant-explosions-in-tianjin/a-36324321

Senior Chinese public security official chosen as Interpol head: Xinhua
Reuters, November 9, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-interpol-idUSKBN1350BB

Related:
英媒:中国公安部副部长当选国际刑警组织主席 (China’s vice public security minister appointed Interpol head)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 10, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2016/11/161110_press_review

China announces details of elections to party congress, with poll likely to be most secretive in a decade
South China Morning Post, November 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2044733/china-announces-details-elections-party-congress-poll

Chinese police to extradite second fugitive from France: state media
Reuters, November 8, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-france-idUSKBN1340G1