In the International Herald Tribune, Daniel Bell writes: Marxism no longer serves as Chinese society’s guiding ideology. But that doesn’t mean the end of ideology. Western experts hope liberal democracy will fill the void, but they will have “joined Karl Marx,” as the Chinese used to say, before that happens. In China, the moral vacuum […]
Read MoreThe following was first published in The China Journal, No. 55, January 2006. An excerpt from this article also appeared in the CDT Bookshelf. Thanks to Mr. Barm√© for allowing CDT to republish it in its entirety here. I’M SO RONERY Geremie R. Barm√© He’s Back With the accession of Hu Jintao to the dual […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor (link): As Chinese leaders fret over rising peasant protests, political instability, and a decay of traditional values, the Communist Party is experimenting with multiple new messages –...
Read MoreFrom The Standard (link): On the north side of the Summer Palace, in a northwestern suburb of Beijing, stands the Central Party School which trains communist cadres – at or above minister-level and those who are tipped for promotion to the senior ranks – in party policy and ideology. But this top training school for […]
Read MoreFrom Maclean’s: Today, China employs approximately 30,000 cyber-police to monitor Web traffic and postings from the country’s roughly 111 million Internet users. Writing articles “incompatible with the mainstream ideology” is prohibited. Posting messages that “damage the reputation of the state” can get you arrested. And publishing anything deemed to be a state secret can carry […]
Read MoreThanks to China analyst David Cowhig for sending following translation to CDT: “Reform of the Chinese Political System” by Zhou Tianyong , vice director of research at the Central Party School and collaborators was...
Read MoreFrom Ap, via The Cheboygan Tribune: China’s third-largest oil producer made an unsolicited $18.5 billion bid Thursday for U.S. oil company Unocal Corp., marking the communist nation’s most ambitious attempt yet to acquire a Western company and setting the stage for a possible showdown with U.S. politicians concerned about potential national security issues. The purchase […]
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