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Jump media player Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media caption Zhou Yongkang is the most senior Chinese politician to be put on trial for corruption China's ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life - the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule. He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and "intentionally disclosing national secrets", China's official Xinhua news agency reports. Until his retirement in 2012, Zhou was one of China's most powerful men. He was put under investigation one year later as part of President Xi Jinping's major anti-corruption campaign. State TV showed a clip of Zhou, 72, pleading guilty at a closed-door trial in the northern city of Tianjin. When responding to the judge, he said he would not launch an appeal. "I've realised the harm I've caused to the party and the people. I plead guilty and I regret my crimes," he sa...

Chinese authorities say two attacks in the country's remote region of Xinjiang have left at least 19 people dead, including five attackers, and injured more than 40 others. Chinese officials say the two incidents, which occurred late Saturday evening and then again on Sunday afternoon in the city of Kashgar, were both terrorist attacks. Authorities also said that at least one of the leaders of Sunday’s attack received terrorist training in Pakistan. Bomb blasts Chinese state media say the spree of violence in Xinjiang began when two bombs shook the streets of Kashgar. Authorities say an hour after the blasts on a nearby street, two attackers hijacked a truck, killed its driver, and then drove it into a crowd of pedestrians. Chinese media reported the attackers then got out of the truck and began stabbing people who were passing by. The Kashgar city government says eight bystanders were killed in the violence, one attacker was killed and another was apprehended. On Sunday afternoon,...

Chinese authorities say two attacks in the country's remote region of Xinjiang have left at least 19 people dead, including five attackers, and injured more than 40 others. Chinese officials say the two incidents, which occurred late Saturday evening and then again on Sunday afternoon in the city of Kashgar, were both terrorist attacks. Authorities also said that at least one of the leaders of Sunday’s attack received terrorist training in Pakistan. Bomb blasts Chinese state media say the spree of violence in Xinjiang began when two bombs shook the streets of Kashgar. Authorities say an hour after the blasts on a nearby street, two attackers hijacked a truck, killed its driver, and then drove it into a crowd of pedestrians. Chinese media reported the attackers then got out of the truck and began stabbing people who were passing by. The Kashgar city government says eight bystanders were killed in the violence, one attacker was killed and another was apprehended. On Sunday afternoon,...