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

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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 10.10.2009 | Home

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 09.17.2009 | World

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 07.04.2009 | World

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 06.14.2009 | World

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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