President Xi Jingping secured an unprecedented third term at the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Xi is widely thought to be aiming to become China s paramount leader for life. How has he seized such power? We trace his rise to the top to try to understand the power structure of the Chinese Communist Party.
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay approved bringing about greater synergy to position Latin America more prominently within the Antarctic Treaty System, during the 33rd Meeting of Latin American Antarctic Program Administrators (RAPAL), in Quito, Ecuador, August 23-26. Colombia, Venezuela, and Costa Rica attended as observers, the Chilean Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated.
Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others stood trial in Hong Kong on Monday for failing to properly register a fund to provide legal aid to pro-democracy protesters.