“Ultra-left” Takes Over Journal as Ex-editor Loses in Court
Last month, senior staff at long-running liberal journal Yanhuang Chunqiu were replaced by its...
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Court Rejects Lawsuit From Besieged Liberal Journal
Last week, senior staff at the reformist journal Yanhuang Chunqiu were replaced by its supervising...
Minitrue: Don’t Cover Reshuffle at Liberal Journal
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Long Focused on Xi, Media Spotlight Spreads Li-ward
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who holds postgraduate degrees in law and economics from Peking...
Why Have Reforms in China Failed?
Following Anne Stevenson-Yang and Ken DeWoskin’s discussion of what Beijing means by reform,...
China’s “Great Global Thinkers” for 2012
As the season of lists gets underway, Foreign Policy has released its ranking of the 100 Top Global Thinkers of 2012. Fresh from his coronation as GQ magazine’s Rebel of the Year, and leading the Chinese contingent at...
Li Keqiang: Liberal Background, Limited Leeway?
A master of keeping a low profile, China’s newly-nominated premier Li Keqiang is perceived by many as a cautious reformer. Cary Huang at South China Morning Post gives a detailed account of Li’s early years in Peking...
Many Urge Next Leader of China to Liberalize
Despite his mastery of keeping low profile and toeing the party line, China’s president-in-waiting Xi Jinping has recently sent out possible signals of political reform, while a chorus of voices urges him on. The New York...
Reform “Job Number One” for China’s Next Leaders
As China’s economic growth slows, president-in-waiting Xi Jinping faces urgent calls to boldly push through reforms. From Chris Buckley at Reuters: China heads into next month’s party congress – where Xi is set...
Wary of Unrest, China Cracks Down on Dissent
The Chinese government has recently initiated a new round of suppression. China Digital Times has covered the Chinese government’s harsh crackdowns extensively. But what accounts for this sudden period of intense...
China Ex-censor Claims Key Tiananmen Memoirs Role
Reuters is reporting that former official Du Daozheng has publicly announced that he played a major role in recording Zhao Ziyang’s recently released memoir: Du Daozheng, reformist chief of the General Administration of...
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