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A working Chinese investigative journalist, Yao Haiying, has blogged his thoughts about Lu Banglie, who he knew as a fellow Hubei native. Here is a quick translation of part of his post (original Chinese below): I don’t want to say too much, after all Lu Banglie is just a small person in China. But he […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing: As China’s National Day approaches, just when holiday cheer should be in the air, Beijing Youth Daily employees are anything but cheerful. Since June, six of their managers have been detained for involvement in economic crimes, including two vice-presidents and a director of advertising. Zheng Yijun, vice president of Beijing Media (Hong Kong […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: China’s tough handling of recent protests by villagers in Taishi, southern Guangdong province, has thrown into fresh doubt its claims to be introducing genuine democracy “from the bottom up”. Direct elections of local officials by almost a million villages across the country have in recent years been widely welcomed as a possible […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg, via chinaknowledge.com: Leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party will aim to narrow the gap between rich and poor in a five-year economic development plan to be discussed at a meeting in Beijing this weekend. The Party, led by President Hu Jintao, will support a blueprint to pursue “rapid” economic growth during the 11th […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Mercury News: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il received a message from China’s president and met a high-ranking delegation from Beijing for talks expected to deal with Pyongyang’s nuclear program, the North’s state media reported Sunday… The Chinese delegation, led by Vice Premier Wu Yi and including Beijing’s main nuclear negotiator, […]
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