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April 08 , 2016
  • The Washington Post：Gag order issued on South China Sea? Pentagon and top admiral say no way.
    The Washington Post reports: "The Obama administration and a four-star admiral have denied that the White House issued a 'gag order' on senior U.S. military officials discussing the disputed South China Sea...The denials came after the independent Navy Times reported Wednesday that national security adviser Susan Rice decided to 'muzzle' Adm. Harry Harris, the chief of U.S. Pacific Command, and other senior military officials as the Obama administration prepared to host a nuclear summit in Washington last week that included China's president, Xi Jinping....Harris said in a statement released to The Washington Post that 'any assertion that there is a disconnect between U.S. Pacific Command and the White House is simply not true.'"
  • Reuters：China foreign minister says clarification needed on Panama Papers
    Reuters reports: "China needs clarification on a massive leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm that revealed the offshore financial arrangements of some of the world's rich and powerful, including family members of China's top leaders, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday....Wang's comments, made at a joint press briefing with the visiting German foreign minister, makes him the most senior Chinese official to acknowledge the matter. The ministry has repeatedly said it will not comment when asked if Beijing would investigate....Panama's government has said it will form an independent commission to review the country's financial practices and work with other countries over the leak. Wang did not elaborate on the documents or say if China was in touch with the Panama government about them. He said China's anti-corruption fight would continue."
  • The New York Times：Pastor of China's Largest Protestant Church Released: Report
    The New York Times reports: "Chinese authorities have released the pastor of the country's largest Protestant mega-church after he was detained for more than two months following protests against the government's removal of crosses from churches, a church worker said Friday....Gu was formally arrested on Feb. 6 on embezzlement charges that supporters said were invented to punish him for public opposing a campaign by officials in the eastern province of Zhejiang to forcibly remove hundreds of rooftop crosses from churches. Gu was also banned from the pulpit of his enormous Chongyi Church and removed as head of the provincial state-sanctioned Protestant church association, despite his case not having gone to trial."
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