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Zhang Youxia, One of the Most Powerful Men in China's Military, Is Expelled for Corruption

A Politburo meeting on Monday expelled Zhang Youxia, one of two vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission, and former joint staff chief Liu Zhenli from the party over corruption and 'forming cliques' — the most senior military fall in China in a decade, announced two days before Xi Jinping flies to Washington.

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Sheng Lihao Wins Two Shooting Golds in a Day, Breaking His Own Asian Record, at the Nagoya Asian Games

China's 21-year-old rifle champion defended his Asian Games title with a 254.2 final that broke the Asian record he already held, hours after a world-record team gold in Nagoya — the centrepiece of a Chinese squad that took eleven golds on the first day of competition alone.

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Cigarettes and the Means Test: Why Sichuan University Cancels Tuition Waivers for Students Who Smoke

Sichuan University's aid rules disqualify students who smoke, drink heavily or game obsessively from tuition waivers — a clause that has existed since 2016 and went viral again this week. The argument it reopened is an old one: whether aid for the poor should also police how the poor spend their money.