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China president plans to strengthen anti-corruption campaign
China's President Xi Jinping declared on Friday that the nation's battle against corruption "must go deeper," stressing the need for the Communist Party to be governed "systematically, creatively and efficiently." Upon becoming party chief in 2013 (More) |
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China to prosecute ex-security official
The Chinese government on Friday announced that it will prosecute Ma Jian, a former vice minister of China's Ministry of State Security, after he was accused of bribery and abusing his powers. Jian was put under investigation in 2015 following the (More) |
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UN calls on China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer
A group of UN human rights experts called on the Chinese government Tuesday to investigate the disappearance of a prominent human rights lawyer. Jiang Tianyong has been missing since November 21, after he visited the family of another human rights l (More) |
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HRW: China torturing corruption suspects
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaging in torture in its efforts to root out political corruption, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday. The report claims that President Xi Jinping's "war on corruption" has result (More) |
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New UN SG urges peacekeepers to respect human rights
UN Secretary-General-elect Antonio Guterres said while visiting Beijing on Monday that he wants UN peacekeepers to be better trained and more respectful of human rights. Guterres stressed the need "to make sure that there is an effective combination (More) |
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UN: Private efforts key to renewable energy future
The United Nations on Friday announced new private initiatives on climate control at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Marrakech , and called for greater "business leadership" in renewable energy. Private-sector initiatives such as the Renewabl (More) |
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China court sentences former deputy minister to 4 years for bribery
Former Chinese Deputy Minister, Zhang Liju, was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison after having been convicted of taking 2.4 million yuan ($354000.58 USD) in bribes. The Beijing Second Intermediate Court handed down the sentence along wit (More) |
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Paris Agreement on climate change takes effect
For the first time in history, governments around the world have agreed to legally binding limits on global temperature rises as the Paris Agreement on climate change became effective [Guardian report] on Friday. All governments that have ratified t (More) |
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China government: one million officials punished for corruption
The Chinese Communist Party announced on Monday that the Chinese government has punished more than one million officials for corruption. The statistics were released when the highest-ranking members of the party met for the Sixth Plenum of the 18t (More) |
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Norway sued over oil drilling in Barents Sea
A lawsuit was filed against the Norwegian government on Tuesday over a decision to grant licenses for oil exploration in the Barents Sea. The plaintiffs, Nature and Youth and Greenpeace Nordic , argue that by allowing oil companies to drill in the (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
