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The influential journal Strategy and Management has been closed, possibly permanently, reportedly because of a story about North Korea, according to a Reuters report: “‘It could indicate a tightening of political censorship,’ said the scholar, who had published several articles in ‘Strategy and Management.’ Foreign news reports said the controversial article pinned the blame for […]
Read MorePhilip Pan has written a good analysis of the leadership change in Beijing in today’s Washington Post: “Jiang’s departure might prompt new demands for political liberalization from a society that already enjoys the fruits of economic freedom. The banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, crushed by Jiang, might try to test his successors with a comeback, […]
Read MoreEswn has posted some beautiful photos, to express, as he writes, “the mysterious beauty and contradictions of China.” See them here.
Read MoreAccording to a report in Xinhua, “An internal survey by the Chinese Communist Party has found that more than half its higher-echelon cadres are incompetent… A recent survey by the party school of leading cadres above county level showed more than half lacked the ability to ‘make a scientific judgement of a situation’. More than […]
Read MoreIn an interview with the AFP, a WHO official says that healthcare costs will escalate in China as a lack of education and the government’s vested interests encourage the country’s smokers. One in three of the world’s smokers live in China. More than 1 million people die in China every year from tobacco-related illness; the […]
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