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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s death on March 5, 2013 came in the same week as the “Two Sessions” began in China, when China’s national legislature meets in Beijing. It was also almost exactly a year since the spectacular political demise of Bo Xilai, the former party boss of the Chongqing municipality in China.Both Chavez and Bo are prototypical examples of the strongman
Chongqing is western China’s only centrally administered city. A mountain town where two rivers meet, Chongqing is one of modern Chinese history’s most strategically important strongholds, and also one of the most important sources of contemporary Chinese art. It is a city that never stands still—one with an especially complicated and interesting identity.The topic on every
Today’s Headlines and Commentary As the jury deliberates whether Derek Chauvin will be convicted of murder for a second day, President Biden told reporters today that the evidence against Chauvin is “overwhelming,” reports the New York Times. Biden also said he was praying for the “right verdict,” and yesterday called George Floyd’s family to express his support. In preparation for the Chauvin verdict, the city of Minneapolis has spent the last several days tightening security and bolstering barricades around government buildings, writes the Wall Street Journal. The mayors o...