China purges Bo Xilai, probes wife for murder
China's biggest political crisis in decades took
a dramatic turn with the removal of one of the Communist Party's
biggest stars from his post and his wife's arrest on suspicion of
murder. Bo Xilai, the charismatic former party leader of Chongqing
city, had been tipped for the very highest echelons of power in
China until he was sacked from the post last month before being
suspended from the Politburo on Tuesday.
 Full Story
Santorum exit crystalizes Romney vs Obama in 2012
Rick Santorum's exit from the White House race
Tuesday marked a symbolic starter shot for the general election
campaign, allowing all-but-certain Republican nominee Mitt Romney to
turn his full attention to President Barack Obama.
Full Story
Clinton says no ‘new Cold War’ in Asia
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on
Tuesday the United States was not seeking conflict with a rising
China but urged emerging powers to act more “constructively” in the
world. As academics in China and elsewhere increasingly speak of US
decline, Clinton offered a robust defence of the United States and
said it still had the military power, innovative companies and core
values to make it “exceptional.”
Full Story
|
