China to hold 20th Communist Party congress from October 16

China’s ruling Communist Party will hold its five-yearly congress beginning on October 16, with Xi Jinping poised to secure an historic third leadership term and cement his place as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 01:43PM

Russia dodges economic collapse but the decline has started

Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia is bogged down in a war of attrition it didn’t anticipate but it is having success on another front — its oil-dependent economy is in a deep recession but proving far more resilient than expected. Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 04:45PM

China arrests hundreds in rural banking scandal

Police in China have arrested 234 suspects allegedly involved in a rural banking scandal, a month after hundreds of depositors protested over their lost savings in one of the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the pandemic began.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 08:14AM