Wen Jiabao

Centenarian Xu Jiatun praises Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, and calls for bigger arrests.

Wen Jiabao, China’s retired premier, is trying to clear his name.

The withholding of residency visas for reporters from Bloomberg News and The New York Times (NYT) can be understood as a punishment for their ignorance in understanding politics in China and their unconscious involvement in an internal power struggle.

Hu Jintao also mentioned government reform in his report during the 18th National Party Congress in November. It was expected back then that new government reforms would surface in 2013.

Eight years after the death of Zhao Ziyang, the former Chinese leader was commemorated after hundreds of mourners flocked to his house to pay their respects.

The new Chinese Communist Party head and former leader have been hard at work reshuffling key officials to curtail a rival faction.

Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin each had their reasons for keeping their positions in the CMC when they were otherwise retired.

Wen Jiabao, the current premier of China whose job will officially end in March of next year, gave what may be his final public statement recently, where he asked the Chinese people to “forget him,” expressed regret for not doing enough in office, and quoted a few lines of classical Chinese poetry meant to show that he is a man of integrity.

The showdown between rival factions in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has become fiercer as the 18th Party Congress draws near.