Li Keqiang: Liberal Background, Limited Leeway?
A master of keeping a low profile, China’s newly-nominated premier Li Keqiang is perceived by many as a cautious reformer. Cary Huang at South China Morning Post gives a detailed account of Li’s early years in Peking University where progressive thinking was in vogue:
A member of the firs ...
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The official-turned-businessman is probably right about how the CCP regime will reform only when events compel it to reform. Until then, the usual combination of one-party authoritarian rule, no independent judiciary, a ban on opposition parties, rampant censorship, no genuine freedoms of speech, assembly, press, or religion………….