From People’s Daily (link): China’s political advisors have proposed to print the head portraits of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, forerunner of China’s democratic revolution, and Deng Xiaoping, chief architect of China’s reform and opening-up, on the bank notes of the Chinese currency, the Renminbi (RMB) or yuan. “Dr. Sun had led the democratic revolution which toppled […]
Read MoreABC News: China gives no ground on democracy for Hong Kong: Chinese President Hu Jintao gave no hint on a timetable for universal suffrage for Hong Kong on Tuesday and said any change must be gradual, a week after lawmakers there rejected Beijing-backed election reforms. During talks in Beijing, Hu underscored China’s support for Hong […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: A huge throng of pro-democracy protesters poured through the skyscraper canyons of Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon, defying warnings from senior Chinese officials who refuse to set a timetable for general elections here. The march continued well past sunset, as more and more men, women and children of all ages […]
Read MoreFrom Anti’s English Blog – AEB: China has “opened and reformed” for 25 years. Profound change has also taken place as “open” society gradually has demanded deeper “reform”. Every industry is checking what it has gained after China joined the WTO, and international reactions seem positive. But don’t forget that when China’ s economy tries […]
Read MoreFrom TheStar.com: George Orwell is alive and well and living in Beijing. At least that is all one could surmise from the bizarre white paper on democracy released by the Chinese cabinet. The document is studded with references to the democratic rights enjoyed by the Chinese people but also reaffirms the apparently permanent leadership role […]
Read MoreFrom Time Asia: Addressing a meeting of senior Communist Party officials in Beijing last week, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld emphasized the need for China to open its political system and to ease any policy that “limits speech, information or choices.” Perhaps he hadn’t yet seen Beijing’s white paper, Building of Political Democracy in […]
Read MoreFrom The South Morning China Post, via Asia Media: A mainland dissident and a labour activist yesterday described the white paper “as a big lie” that sounded “extremely ridiculous and shameful”. Dissident writer Liu Xiaobo said the paper was another official report eulogising communist rule. “It is old wine in a new bottle, but at […]
Read MoreFrom the EastSouthWestNorth blog: The following story appeared in Nanfang Weekend. It follows the story of one particular forum post at the Tinya Club [sic]. The post first appeared in February 22, 2005. Since then, it was been viewed more than 223,000 times, and almost 4,000 people have commented on it. It is estimated that […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post (registration requuired): Vice-minister says protests inevitable as country undergoes huge changes. Violent protests by the mainland’s farmers are inevitable due to the country’s...
Read MoreThe Hoover Institution announces that issue No.14 (Spring 2005) of the China Leadership Monitor is now available on-line. This issue includes: Foreign Policy–Thomas J. Christensen Old Problems Trump New Thinking: China’s Security Relations with Taiwan, North Korea, and Japan Recent months have hardly been proud ones for People’s Republic of China (PRC) security policy. On […]
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