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Eswn has compiled several news articles about the libel trial against the authors of the ground-breaking Investigation into China’s Peasantry (中国农民调查）。 Notable among these are two translated articles from Yazhou Zhoukan (Asia Weekly), including an interview with the defense lawyer, which are at the bottom of the post. Eswn also links to his earlier translations […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
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