Time Magazine reports, "Two U.S. B52 bombers flew near man-made islands in the South China Sea, despite being contacted by Chinese air traffic control, the Pentagon said Thursday. During the overnight operation on Nov. 8-9, the aircraft did not pass within the 12-nautical-mile radius that China claims around the artificial islands, Reuters reported Pentagon spokesperson Commander Bill Urban as saying. It was a 'routine mission,' Urban said."
The Wall Street Journal reports, "China's anticorruption campaign pushed further into the financial sector with a government notice Friday that a vice chairman of the stock market regulatory agency is under investigation. The Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief statement that China Securities Regulatory Commission Vice Chairman Yao Gang is suspected of serious violations of discipline, language the antigraft body uses for suspected corruption. Mr. Yao, who wasn't available for comment, has served as a vice chairman of the regulatory agency since 2009 and is among the Communist Party's top officials. One of four vice chairman at the regulatory agency, the 53-year-old has headed since 2002 the regulator's powerful listing department that chooses which companies can go public on the stock exchanges of Shanghai and Shenzhen."