DINNER PARTY INTEL: China | the Gambia | Buzzing off
1. Cards on the table China’s top judge has formally acknowledged that the country’s court system is not independent of the Communist Party. But Zhou Qiang, president of the supreme people’s court, has gone on to reject attempts to make it independent. "Bare your swords towards false Western ideals like judicial independence," Zhou is quoted as saying in the Financial Times. His words suggest his reformist agenda has quickly fallen victim to President Xi Jinping’s campaign against "Western values". 2. Persona non grata The net may close in on Yahya Jammeh, long-time president of the Gambia, who will be asked to hand over power this week after losing an election to Adama Barrow. If things don’t go according to plan at Barrow’s inauguration, the Economic Community of West African States will send in troops and the AU has hinted at similar "serious consequences". 3. Buzzing off "Mankind will not survive the honeybees’ disappearance for more than five years," Albert Einstein once predic...
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