From VOA News: “China is defending its 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square following the death this week of purged Communist Party leader. The comments came as the Chinese government downplayed the life and career of the former leader because of fears that his passing might trigger new protests. The death of 85-year-old […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: “The Bush administration imposed penalties this month against some of China’s largest companies for aiding Iran’s efforts to improve its ballistic missiles. The move is part of an effort by the White House and American intelligence agencies to identify and slow important elements of Iran’s weapons programs. The White House […]
Read MoreFrom the Reuters, via ABC News: “The family of purged Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang has decided to forgo a state funeral, sparing China’s leaders a sensitive decision on whether to hold a high-profile ceremony that they fear could trigger protests. Zhao, toppled for opposing a military crackdown on protests for democracy on Beijing’s Tiananmen […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: “China publicized a revised regulation on petitions Monday, aiming to strengthen protection of petitioners’ legitimate rights. The revised regulation will take effect as of May 1. The State Council, China’s cabinet, promulgated a regulation onpetitions as early as in 1995. But as the reform deepened and society underwent a transition, new problems that […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: “Chinese leaders imposed a ban today on news reports about the death of Zhao Ziyang, the former Communist Party chief who opposed the 1989 crackdown on democracy protesters, suggesting that his official obituary would treat him as a pariah. The New China News Agency issued a terse dispatch announcing that […]
Read MoreFrom The Age: “Police and security agents were out in force in Beijing yesterday to block political gatherings after the death of Zhao Ziyang, the Communist Party leader who opposed the use of troops against democracy activists in Tiananmen Square more than 15 years ago. Mr Zhao, who was 85, died early yesterday morning in […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: “Zhao’s secretary Bao Tong led the calls, backed by other pro-democracy activists and Taiwan. Japan urged China to move towards democratisation.” Bao Tong wrote “In all the years that have passed since then, the Chinese leaders are responsible not only for Zhao Ziyang’s unlawful house arrest but also for a systematic effort […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via ABC News: “While he lived, China’s Communist Party considered ousted leader Zhao Ziyang such a potent threat that it kept him under house arrest for 15 years. After his death, China’s leaders face an even tougher challenge: how to give a fallen comrade his due without stirring up support for a figure […]
Read MoreFrom Newsweek, via MSNBC: “When he breathed his last on Monday, fallen Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang was called, simply, ‘comrade.’ At his political apex in the late 1980s, he was a champion of democratic reforms to ease the party’s stranglehold on power. In his defining historical moment in 1989, he resisted the fatal top-level […]
Read MoreFrom Japan Today: “Indonesian officials and the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta have begun investigating reports that processed baby food China donated to Indonesian tsunami victims had passed its expiration date, an Indonesian official in Beijing said Monday.”
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: “Anyone who’s visited a backstreet market in China’s capital has probably been accosted by someone selling inexpensive music CDs, movie DVDs, or computer software. The discs themselves are made in China. Cheap labor sees to that. But the information on the discs – the new ideas and creativity – mostly […]
Read MoreZhao Ziyang, under house arrest in China since 1989, has now passed away. His daughter says: “He is free at last.” First received this news from Rebecca MacKinnon’s RConversation. Time published an obituary entitled “The Prisoner of Conscience: Zhao Ziyang, 1919-2005.” A very brief report from Xinhua is here. The New York Times article is […]
Read MoreThe whole Xinhua statement is here: “Zhao Ziyang has lately suffered from an illness recurrence and his physical condition has stabilized after careful treatment, Xinhua learned Sunday afternoon. Zhao is still receiving continued careful treatment at the moment.”
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: “Ge Quanxiao is no revolutionary. The 58-year-old farmer is an upstanding member of his community, a father of two. But if you push reasonable people too far, he warns, they’re forced to do desperate things. The government in Beijing is pushing a lot of reasonable people to the wall these […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: “The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has recently issued an outline for the establishment of an anti-corruption work mechanism that serves to punish and prevent corrupt activities by CPC members. The mechanism will be established to educate and supervise party members, punish those who turn corrupt, and prevent corruption, […]
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