Next week, the final plenum before the 2027 Congress is set to further tighten internal controls over officials, this despite the tenfold increase in anti-corruption probes since Xi Jinping came to power. One of every four members of the Party’s governing body are expected to be present. The fate of the Central Military Commission is a paradox.
From 4 to 6 September, Beijing is hosting the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac), the first major post-Covid event in the capital. More and more Chinese companies have developed partnerships and collaborated with governments and businesses on the continent. A response to the protectionist policies of Brussels and Washington, but there is also a ‘dumping’ risk for Africa.
According to CCTV, they will be introduced next week, with the start of the year. first to seventh grade, then extended to all nine grades of compulsory education. Extensive coverage of the war with India and Vietnam. Specific sections also for ancient Chinese literature and the years of the communist revolution.
In the latest development of the Agreement between China and the Holy See, authortities recognise the ‘underground’ prelate long under arrest for refusing to join the Patriotic Association as leader of the local Catholic community. Archbishop Celli had met him two years ago and presented him with a pectoral cross in the name of Francis. Today's ceremony was held in a hotel and not in the cathedral to reaffirm aappointment's civil rather than canonical character.
The pandemic and the outbreak of dramatic conflicts have changed many things, in the world as well as in China. The generation of boys and girls born after the turn of the millennium, are among those most affected by these events. Young Chinese, believers or not, resemble more their peers from other nations with whom they share the digital and social media worlds, rather than their compatriots from the generations that preceded them.
Today's news: eight Taiwanese soldiers jailed for pro-China espionage; Hundreds of migrants from Asia stranded at São Paulo airport in Brazil; At least 15 dead and 4.5 million affected by floods in Bangladesh; It is less dangerous for airlines to fly over Afghanistan than the Middle East, security and screening concerns remain; Delegation from Laos to Moscow for International Buddhist Forum visits Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
An old article that - praising the late leader's openings - called for “more courage” in economic reforms blocked on social media. Strict state control listed among the causes of the current slowdown in growth. While Xi Jinping uses the tribute to Deng to revive his own slogans and warn Taiwan.
67-year-old Ho Iat Seng has announced that for health reasons he will not run again. On October 13, the 400 members of the Election Committee will choose a strictly patriotic successor. Meanwhile, the resumption of casinos has started to boost revenue again in the former Portuguese colony, since 1999 a Special Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, like Hong Kong.
A new book presented today at the Rimini Meeting recounts the reality of the island from the faces of its people and the missionary experience of the St. Charles Borromoeo Fraternity. Extracts from the preface, written by our editorial director: “In Taiwan we experience many things that seem to us like pages from the Gospel.”
In the diocese where 'underground' bishop Msgr. Shao is under arrest, an 'official' priest challenges the redesigning of parishes decided by the Party-linked priest who de facto rules the local church: 'Only a bishop can do that.' The gesture after police on Aug. 11 prevented him from celebrating Mass in a church left without pastoral care.
The nun of the Servants of the Eucharist to whom in 1973 Our Lady entrusted a message calling the world to conversion, penance and prayer passed away on the Feast of the Assumption. In 1984 the local bishop wrote that “the supernatural character could not be denied.” Since 2002, the wooden statue has been kept in the shrine of the Mother of the Redeemer.^
Language is once again a major issue in the city-state. English’s progress risks weakening other languages, starting with Chinese, the largest mother tongue group. Policies to promote bilingualism are not working. About 61 per cent of parents under 35 mainly use English at home with their children.
On social media, Geng He appeals to the US government and the international community for news of her husband, a Christian lawyer and activist. She is not asking for his release, but wants to know about his fate. Five members of the Shengjia Church in Shunde are on trial on spurious charges of "illegal business operations", a generic term used to persecute believers.
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