Ex-general faces bribe charges

As reported in 'The Japan News' : The Associated Press, BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prose-cutors will indict the military’s former No. 2 official on bribery charges in an indication of the Communist Party’s determination to fight corruption at all levels, state media said Tuesday. Xu Caihou, former deputy chairman of the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Central Military Commission, has admitted to allegations that he took “especially huge amounts” of bribes directly or through family members to help others get promoted or receive other benefits, the official Xinhua News Agency said.Speech