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From the New York Times: Another showdown on constitutional change is coming this week in Hong Kong, as the territory’s Beijing-backed leaders said today that they would make a modest change to their complex plan for limited democracy and then demand that the legislature vote later this week. The change offered this week related to […]
Read MoreFrom the Indian Express: The Communist Party of China appears to have taken a considered political decision to restore Confucius to his traditional place of pride at the centre of Chinese worldview. As it copes with growing economic inequalities and social tensions, the CPC believes Confucius might offer the right social and political medicine. The […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: EARLIER THIS month, Chinese police shot and killed as many as 20 protesters (the numbers are in dispute) in Dongzhou village, near Hong Kong. The use of lethal force was unusual, but the underlying grievances were commonplace: powerless townspeople demonstrating against local government practices that endanger their meager existence. Economic […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: A local Chinese Party official and 26 other people have gone on trial for their role in a bloody riot over land rights in northern China. He Feng and the others were charged with causing “intentional injuries” during a clash with protesters in Shengyou village, Hebei, in June. Six people died after […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Corruption has been falling among Chinese Communist Party members overall, but the number of cases involving higher-ranking officials taking larger bribes has risen, a party official was quoted on Sunday as saying. “Greed, hedonism and egoism have grown among a few officials during the development of China’s socialist market economy,” said He Yong, […]
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