Asia

Since the death of Mao, the Chinese Communist Party agreed to hold a congress every five years. Anul acesta este cel de-al 18-lea Congres al Partidului Comunist Chinez va aduna la Beijing 2000 de delegați.This year is the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing will gather 2,000 delegates. The main task of Congress is to elect the 200 full members of the Central Committee and the 150 alternate members. Immediately after the Congress Central Committee shall elect the 25 members of the Politburo who in turn elect the Secretary General and the 7 or 9 members (there are discussions on the number to actalul congress) of the Politburo Standing. [...]

By George Friedman Simply put, China has three core strategic interests. Paramount among them is the maintenance of domestic security. Historically, when China involves itself in global trade, as it did in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the coastal region prospers, while the interior of China -- which begins about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the coast and runs about 1,600 kilometers to the west -- languishes. Roughly two-thirds of all Chinese citizens currently have household incomes lower than the average household income in Bolivia. Most of China's poor are located west of the richer coastal region. This disparity of wealth time and again has exposed tensions between the [...]