At the CCP congress, Xi Jinping gives himself a thunderous applause

Folk outfits and acquired public: Sunday’s opening of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) looked like a meeting for President Xi Jinping, on his way to a 3rd term that would make him the most powerful leader of China since Mao Tse-tung. In the imposing People’s Palace, which dominates Tiananmen Square in … Read more

Venice Film Festival pays a long round of applause to director Panahi, imprisoned in Iran

VENICE Today is the day of the last screenings and the awards ceremony of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Meanwhile, yesterday, the film in competition by the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, already awarded the Golden Lion in 2000, entitled Khers nist (No bears). Unfortunately the director is not present because he was arrested in … Read more