Chinese General Commits Suicide as Xi’s Corruption Crackdown Grinds On

A former member of China’s top military body killed himself while facing a corruption probe, state media said, the highest-ranking official to commit suicide during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s five-year-old anti-graft campaign.

General Zhang Yang, 66, hanged himself Nov. 23 at his Beijing home while under investigation, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. The political affairs chief for China’s 2-million-member military was among a pair of members of the elite Central Military Commission to go missing amid corruption rumors in August as Xi moved to shake-up the army leadership.

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Samuel Tadros, Hudson Institute "This is truly historic. A Coptic Liturgy has been held in Saudi Arabia headed by His Eminence Metropolitan Morkos."

Nervana Mahmoud BBC "This Is Fantastic News: Saudi Arabia has finally allowed Coptic Christian prayers to be conducted in the Kingdom.

"This is a serious step towards religious reforms by accommodating and accepting minorities. Al-Jazeera is already mourning."

There are an estimated 1.5 million Christians in the strictly Muslim country but previously they have not been allowed to worship publicly.

Earlier this year, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo and met with Pope Tawadros II who said “Prince Mohammed spoke a lot of his affection for the Copts, and he has invited all Copts to visit Saudi Arabia."

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