Combative Chinese newspaper editor whose tweets moved markets retires

Hu Xijin has retired as editor-in-chief of the Communist Party’s Global Times newspaper, a perch he has used over the past 16 years to rattle markets and provide a Chinese response to Western critics. 
 

“I have gone through the retirement formalities and no longer serve as the editor-in-chief of the Global Times,” Hu posted Thursday on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, saying that at age 61 it was time for “Old Hu” to step down. “I’ll continue to contribute to Global Times as a special commentator and do my best for the Communist Party’s media work,” he added, without saying who would