U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing by urging China to protect human rights but avoiding direct mention of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who left the U.S....
Read MoreScholar Yu Jianrong has posted a detailed plan to bring social and political reform to China. China Media Project has translated the plan, which was first posted on Yu’s microblog site. From CNP’s introduction: Yu...
Read MoreAmid concerns about the economy and social environment due to recent unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang, Supreme People’s Court President, Wang Shengjun, has said that the court will work to improve protection of economic and...
Read More[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC0p6W_oN3Q[/youtube] The World Bank published a nearly 500 page report Monday, co-authored with a government think-tank, which prescribes a roadmap of reform for the Chinese economy as it...
Read MoreIn recent months, the Chinese government has emphasized the idea of “cultural reform” and the need for China to generate its own cultural products to compete with those from the West. On February 15, the Central...
Read MoreSimon Fraser University professor Zhao Yuezhi has conducted in-depth research on the political economy of communication in China. In the most recent Asia Pacific Memo, Zhao focuses on the internal controversy over models of...
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch recently released its 22nd annual World Report, whose 676 pages include a country-by-country overview of human rights developments around the world and a series of essays on themes including the Arab Spring...
Read MoreHundreds of angry migrants in Zhili, a town in Zhejiang province, clashed with riot police late Thursday night after the owner of a children’s clothing company refused to pay his taxes and then rallied a group to turn on...
Read MoreJerome Cohen discusses the continuing house arrest of Chen Guangcheng and his family at the South China Morning Post, arguing that the local authorities’ disregard for the law demonstrates the practical limitations of...
Read MoreAt the recent CCP Central Committee plenum in Beijing, the focus seemed to be not on the leadership transition coming up next year, as pundits predicted, but instead on “cultural reform,” (at least, from the glimmer...
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