Update, March 17, 2008: The deadline for Tibetan protesters to surrender to Chinese police has passed, reports the BBC. The Times (London) is reporting that the Chinese army paraded dozens of handcuffed prisoners, their heads...
Read MoreFrom SSRN: Abstract: Since the early 1990s, China has come a long way in legislating the foundational rules for its reformed economy. Virtually all of the important areas-contracts, business organizations, securities,...
Read MoreXinhua reportsthe China Sexology Association (CSA), a non-governmental organization and academic society promoting reproductive health, has received a six-month ban for allegedly receiving profits from group activities....
Read MoreHere is another poem written by Li Wei (translated by M.J.): Me, or a Monkey (我，或一只猴子) To lessen the burden Of the nation, of the people I An average man A completely inconspicuous person A person of no contribution whatsoever...
Read MoreFor the Far Eastern Economic Review, Nicholas Bequelin, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, reviews China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest? by Randall Peerenboom: Is China proving that developing countries are better off under an authoritarian regime that focuses on developing the economy, rather than under a democratic regime that […]
Read MoreFrom China Elections and Governance: … After a preliminary study, I feel that the 17th CPC political report possesses several new and important features in regards to the issue of grassroots democracy. First, grassroots democracy is given more prominent emphasis: The emphasis is given in three areas. First of all, fostering the development of grassroots […]
Read MoreFrom China Dialogue: China’s central government recently promoted “ecological civilisation” as an important aspect of a developed society in the report from the Communist Party’s seventeenth congress. This is encouraging news for China’s troubled environmental movement, but questions remain. Why, for instance, were trials of “green GDP ” abandoned in 10 provinces? Economic development still […]
Read More[Editor’s note; Josie Liu is a journalist from China who once worked for the South China Morning Post and other newspapers in Beijing. She currently writes the “China in Transition” blog and will also be guest blogging for CDT.] Hong Kong director Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s newly released movie, The Warlords, has generated not only tens […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via People.com: China has reiterated its support for local non-governmental organization (NGOs) and urged them to strengthen their capacity building to play a bigger role in building a harmonious society. Li Yong, deputy director of the State Administration of Non-Governmental Organization, said here Monday that it was of great importance for Chinese NGOs […]
Read MoreAs Chinese authorities continue to batter the drum of a “socialist harmonious society,” the possibilty of actually realizing such a thing seems to grow ever more distant. Such, at least, is the message suggested by...
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