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Chinese Corruption Party Undermines China's Stability

Cleo Paskal | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Corruption, Infrastructure, India, Dams, Hu Jintao, Three Gorges Dam, Chinese Communist Party, Typhoon, Sovereign Wealth Fund, China, World News
Cleo Paskal

Corruption is literally built into the foundations of modern China. The construction and infrastructure sectors are two of the most corrupt in country, putting at risk China's vaunted development, and also potentially endangering its neighbors.

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China's Next Top Model: Guangdong Beats Chongqing?

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Chongqing, Guangdong, Hong Kong, China, Bo Xilai, China Politics, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Government, Chinese Politics, World News
John Wagner Givens

In and of itself, a high-ranking official being dismissed in backroom party machinations is hardly a sign of improvement. Yet the event inspires hope that the more authoritarian Chongqing model is losing ground.

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China Views U.S. As 'Declining Power'

www.nytimes.com | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: China Growth, US China Relations, US Global Influence, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Economy, American Economic Power, Asia, US-China Relations, American Influence, China, World News, World News

BO’AO, China — The senior leadership of the Chinese government increasingly views the competition between the United States and China as a zero-su...

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Rule of Law Worries Behind Bo Xilai Purge

Nathan Gardels | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Qiao Shi, China Politics, Bo Xilai, China Communist Party Leaders, Chinese Politics, Chinese Communist Party, China, Nicolas Berggruen Institute, Nicolas Berggruen, World News
Nathan Gardels

The cracks that are beginning to appear in the opaque machinations of the Chinese Communist Party are yielding some new clues that clarify the forces at work behind the purge of Chongqing's populist leader Bo Xilai.

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"Scientific Development" and China's Leadership Transition

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Joseph Biden, Hu Jintao, Chinese Communist Party, Economic Development, Chinese Economy, Xi Jinping, Science, Marxism, Socialism, Development, China, World News
Julian Baird Gewirtz

The coming year will see China's leadership transition from a decade under President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao to a new cadre of younger leaders.

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China in Ten Words: A Book to Watch for

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: China Communist Party, China in Ten Words, China-Revolution, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese-Revolution, China Growth, Mao Zedong, China Human Rights, Books News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

One of China's most prolific, interesting, and hard to pigeon-hole authors, Yu Hua, is on a book tour in the U.S., promoting his latest work (the English language edition comes out next week), a collection of essays titled China in Ten Words.

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Chinese People Should Listen to Their Hearts, Not the Propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party

Rebiya Kadeer | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Uyghur, East Turkestan, China, Uyghur People, China Uyghurs, Uyghurs, Chinese Communist Party, World News
Rebiya Kadeer

There are two choices before the Chinese people: 1) continue the repression of Uyghurs under the pretext of state security, or 2) stand with democratic Uyghurs against the Chinese Communist Party's policies of self-preservation.

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Watch: The Only American Who Joined China's Communist Party

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Chinese Communist Party Anniversary, Communism, Video, Ccp, World, Chairman Mao, Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, China, World News, World News

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its 90th anniversary, one American offers a unique perspective on its history. Sidney Rittenberg i...

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China Sees No End To Rule Of Communist Party

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: China Communist Party, Communist Party, Mao Zedong, Chairman Mao, China Economy, Chinese Communist Party, China, World News

BEIJING (Reuters) – China's Communist Party sees no reason why it cannot stay in power indefinitely, having made the nation into the envy of the wor...

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Communist Buddhism: China Steps Up Its Tibetan Meddling

Michael Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment, Dali Lama, China, Chinese Communist Party, Karmapa Lama, Buddhism in China, Tibetan Buddhism, Religion in China, Panchen Lama, Communism and Religion, Religion News
Michael Levy

"Government-strengthened spirituality" is an oxymoron. Government, at its best, does not get involved in issues of transcendence, Heaven, Hell or anything else metaphysical.

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China Is Attempting to Wipe Out Buddhism

Robert Thurman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Falun Gong, Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, China, Buddhism, Chinese Communist Party, Tibet, Religion News
Robert Thurman

I, for one, was proud of His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he spoke strongly about the Chinese Communist Party's oppressive treatment of Tibetan Buddhist monks in Tibet.

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Osborne

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The Future of China - An Interview with Peter Hessler

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Hessler, Country Driving, Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm to Factory, Land Use, Land Use Laws, Chinese-Legal, Chinese Legal System, Chinese Countryside, Economic Growth, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Protests in China, Corruption, Migration in China, Oracle Bones, Unions in China, Corruption in China, Ccp, Petitioning in China, Chinese Communist Party, Enviornmental Damage in China, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

I sat down with Hessler to discuss his new book and his thoughts on China -- its problems, its future, its people. How have things changed? How have the people responded? What is the impact of rule of law in China?

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Obama's Town Hall in Shanghai - Reading Between the Lines

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Censorship China, Jon Huntsman, Human Rights, Shanghai Town Hall, Hu Jintao, President Obama Visits China, Facebook, Twitter Blocked in China, Chinese Communist Party, Barack Obama, Wen Jiabao, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

President Obama's town hall gave the Chinese people a look at an alternative form of leadership. It is no wonder that there was a tremendous amount of push back to the President's request to hold one.

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A Spoonful of Sugar

Roseann M. Lake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military, China Pollution, Hu Jintao, Chinese Communist Party, China's Economy, Missiles, Mao Zedong, China, Tiananmen Square, Wen Jiabao, Home News
Roseann M. Lake

As a westerner living in the capital, I have mixed feelings about the 60th anniversary. I was initially vexed to learn that Beijingers couldn't attend their own country's parade.

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Xu Zhiyong and What His Detention Means for Rule of Law in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hu Jintao, People's Republic of China, Rule of Law, Tax Evasion, Chinese Democracy, Public-Interest-Lawyers, Communist Party, Beijing, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Sichuan Earthquake, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Government, Anti-Discrimination Law, Xu-Zhiyong, China National People's Congress, Rule of Law China, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

The Chinese Communist Party is unified by one principle: to remain in power. Any organized effort, even if within the confines of the law, will be viewed as a threat to the CCP's authority.

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The Legacy of Tiananmen for Chinese Politics

Susan Shirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese-Protests, China Tiananmen Square, Communist China, Tiananmen 20th Anniversary, Chinese Communist Party, Tiananmen Square Anniversary, Tiananmen Square, World News
Susan Shirk

The Party has devised a formula for survival based on the lessons from the Tiananmen experience: Prevent large-scale protests, avoid public leadership splits and keep the military loyal to the Party.

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Zhao Ziyang Memoir Reveals Chinese Communist Party Secrets, Inner Workings

AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Communists, Zhao Ziyang, Zhao Ziyang Memoir, Books, Beijing-China, World News

BEIJING — It took hours of secret recordings and years of clandestine planning to get the material smuggled out and translated. But just weeks ...

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