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Mure Dickie of the Financial Times writes about the censorship of his views as a panelist on a Chinese television show: While courageous Chinese journalists continually test the boundaries, they swim against a regulatory tide. The collapse of the government’s attempt to cover up the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic in 2003 raised hopes […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has responded to the Dalai Lama’s statement that he could hand-pick his successor before his death in order to avoid China’s influence over the process: China has accused Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, of violating the religious rituals and historical conventions of Tibetan Buddhism by suggesting he might appoint a successor […]
Read MoreIn a magazine called The American, Rowan Callick, China correspondent for The Australian, explains the “China Model,” which combines economic and social liberalization with political repression: The system’s advantage over the standard authoritarian or totalitarian approach is obvious: it produces economic growth, which keeps people happy. Under communism and its variations on the right and […]
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