Prof Mandane-Ortiz said her tutees performed better this year, having been motivated by the strict examination conditions to study extra hard. Saudi-Russian partnership remains strong Following Bo's stunning fall, hundreds of thousands of party cadres were put under investigation. More than 100,000 were indicted for corruption, including 120 high-ranking officials. Corruption plummeted and Xi's popularity soared. irannews.ru/ - irannews.ru Then Covid threw a spanner in the works. The two-minute video, from an account with about 1,700 followers, has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. "Heaven is high and the emperor is far away" is an old, oft-quoted saying in China. It means there is no-one watching what you are doing. As we've been reporting, fewer than 30 Mordaunt-backers have declared their support publicly - although her team says she has many more.