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Chinese Newspapers Make Rare Criticism Of Govenrment

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — More than a dozen Chinese newspapers took a rare stand this week against a Mao Zedong-era system blamed for the wide gap between the c...

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

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

China: Western-Style Democracy Not For Us

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — The head of China's rubber-stamp parliament cited Western democracy no less than nine times in a speech Monday _ to illustrate what th...

China Ready To Negotiate Peace Deal Wiith Taiwan

guardian.co.uk | Tania Branigan in Beijing | Posted 05.25.2011

China is ready to talk to Taiwan about reaching a peace deal, the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, said today....

Chinese Annual Meeting To Be Dominated By Economy, Preventing Social Unrest

New York Times | MIchael Wines | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING -- China's national Legislature begins its tightly scripted annual meeting on Thursday with an agenda dominated by the ruling Communist Party'...