China’s annual parliament reappoints Xi Jinping
National People's Congress also names head of a new anti-graft agency
Amnesty urges China to come clean on capital punishment
Executions worldwide slide 37% in 2016 as China kills more than rest of world combined
China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life in prison
Yongkang is the most senior member of the Communist Party yet to be punished
Chinese court launches broadside against disgraced official
Trial against former security czar Zhou Yongkang expected to take place soon
Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for stronger army at congress
Number of arrests on terror charges continues to rise
China steps up investigation into former security chief
Rumours that probe is being expanded to include death of Zhou Yongkang’s wife
China’s supreme court opens its doors to foreigners as part of judicial reform
Move follows growing complaints about country’s secretive legal processes
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