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In the New York Times Magazine, James Traub writes about China’s Ambassador to the United Nations and China’s growing role in the UN: China now aspires to play an active role on the global stage, which is why it sends skilled diplomats like Wang Guangya to the U.N. That’s the good news. The bad news […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A Chinese health official once hailed as a hero for his work in fighting the spread of SARS has been jailed for life for taking “huge” bribes from vaccine distributors, state media said on Saturday. Luo Yaoxing, an official with the Guangdong Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Centre, was convicted and sentenced on […]
Read MoreThe following article was originally published in Study Times, the newspaper of the Central Party School. The English summary was prepared by Michael Huang at China Elections and Governance: This article argues against two opposing views of “demonizing”or “angelizing” all foreign NGOs in China based on the activities of only some foreign NGOs. It maintains […]
Read MorePhoto: A man waits on the street in Guilin, Guangxi Province, by china.sixty4
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the International Herald Tribune: China’s sentencing of a Hong Kong reporter to five years in prison on a charge of spying this week reflects a mounting conflict for the communist government: how to tighten control over information in an increasingly open, Internet-savvy society. Dozens of journalists and Internet essayists have been […]
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