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The Christian Science Monitor reports that the Chinese government is becomingly increasingly uneasy with the flourishing Asian democracies at its borders – especially since the experiences of China’s neighbors belie the government’s standard reasoning of why democracy is not suitable to China: “Indonesia is very instructive,” says a European scholar in Beijing. “We are always […]
Read MoreAccording to news reports, China is planning a military rehearsal of an “invasion” of Taiwan: “The 18,000-man mock landing on the beaches of Dongshan Island is to involve amphibious assault craft, Russian-built fighter jets and submarines operating in the Taiwan Strait to ward off a simulated counter-attack by the US Seventh Fleet,” the Australian reports. […]
Read MoreChina plans to send an unmanned mission to the moon before the 2008 Olympics, according to the new head of the China National Space Administration. The full BBC report is here.
Read MoreZhongnanhai watchers are continuing to analyze the recent movements of President Hu Jintao and his predecessor Jiang Zemin for any signs of a power struggle. According to today’s report in the Asia Times: “It’s not easy to unearth the ‘inside story’, but one thing is for sure: Hu is now busy hedging his bets and […]
Read MoreHong Kong’s Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa told a meeting of pro-democracy legislators that he has no power to ask Beijing to reverse its decision outlawing direct elections by 2007, according to this Channel NewsAsia report.
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