China Launches Three-Year Special Campaign to Crack Down on Gangs and Eliminate Evil
China launched a nationwide special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, which lasted for about 3 years and was announced to have ended in 2021.
China launched a nationwide special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, which lasted for about 3 years and was announced to have ended in 2021.
In January 2018, Tianjin Binhai New Area switched its GDP statistical basis from registered to local, revising its 2016 GDP from 1,000.231 billion yuan to 665.4 billion yuan, a drop of about one third; the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Statistics said this had no impact on the city's overall GDP.
Beijing held a flag-presentation ceremony for the People's Armed Police Force, where Xi Jinping presented the force's flag to Commander Wang Ning.
In January 2018, Guangzhou doctor Tan Qindong was arrested across provincial lines by police in Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia, and detained for nearly 100 days after writing a popular science article questioning the false advertising and medication risks of Hongmao Medicinal Liquor. The case was ultimately dropped due to insufficient evidence and concluded with a settlement.
China has released its first official Arctic white paper, putting forward its political claims as a 'near-Arctic state,' asserting that wherever there are interests, there is a right to participate in Arctic governance and resource acquisition, with the goal of becoming a polar great power by 2030.
Cai Huabo has sold the majority of his shares in Taihe Holdings, a move seen as a step toward asset concealment and withdrawal.
Michael Wolff published Fire and Fury, which disclosed Bannon's criticisms of the Trump family; Trump subsequently attacked Bannon publicly, and Rebekah Mercer cut ties with Bannon.
Jing Tian used a hand warmer printed with a cartoon portrait of Zhang Jike; Zhang Jike wrote "KT" on a variety show and posted a poem on Weibo hiding the characters "Jing" and "Tian," further bringing their relationship into the open.
A graduate doctor working at a hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangzhou published a post pointing out that Hongmao medicinal liquor contains a variety of toxic Chinese herbs. After the article was widely shared online, Inner Mongolia police, without any coordination with local public security, secretly arrested him across provincial lines and detained him for months. When he was released from prison, he was physically and psychologically traumatized and covered with illnesses.