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From Asia Times: Wang Yang, 52, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of Chongqing municipality, is known to be a favorite protege of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao… Wang is now widely tipped to be elected into the new Politburo at the 17th Party Congress in autumn, and possibly even into the all- powerful standing committee […]
Read MoreOn Asia Media, James Paradise reviews China: Fragile Superpower by Susan L. Shirk: In her new book, China: Fragile Superpower, Shirk, a professor at University of California, San Diego’s Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, offers an in-depth analysis of the major forces that drive Chinese politics. Her argument is that China’s political […]
Read MoreCaijing Magazine reports on the new transparency ordinance and questions how far the government is willing to go: The regulation on Chinese governments’ information disclosure, which was unveiled in late April and is to take effect on May 1 2008, will help the country open a door to better government transparency, said Qin Hai, one […]
Read MoreA court in China has sentenced to life in prison Wang Jianjun, a mine owner who covered up an accident which resulted in 21 deaths. This is the most severe sentence ever handed down to a mine owner for such an accident. From the Guardian: Last year, the government ordered the closure of his small, […]
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