Epoch Times China news- As China Security Czar Loses Power, Communist Party Newspaper Touts ‘Political Reform’ May 16, 2012
- Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng Condemns Abuse of His Family May 16, 2012
- Easier Registration For Social Organizations Might Pave Way for China’s Political Reform May 15, 2012
- Hero Showed How to Bust Through Propaganda in China May 15, 2012
- Petition From 300 Chinese Villagers Circulated in Politburo May 15, 2012
Monthly Archives: December 2010
“And how do you treat Falun Gong?” “You’ll find out by and by.”
"I felt a pang of horror," Teng Biao said after that exchange with a police officer. Teng Biao is a rights defender in China. He was abducted by police for visiting the mother of another rights activist, Fan Yafeng. The … Continue reading
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Ten Most Outrageous Remarks Made by Communist Party Officials in 2010
New Tang Dynasty TV’s (新唐人电视台) Decoding Mainland News (大陆新闻解读), a sometimes rambunctious satire on and dissection of official propaganda, recently published a—what else?—Top 10 Most Outrageous Remarks by Party Officials in 2010. These items are said to be leiren (雷人), which … Continue reading
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With Faces of Chinese and Souls of Marxists…
Yuan Hongbing, an irrepressible Chinese dissident, has given a speech on the outskirts of New York "analyzing from several aspects the violent essence of the communist regime." RFA reported it. You can guess what he had to say. Here are … Continue reading
Wei Jingsheng on China’s Inflation
Wei Jingsheng speaks about inflation on the 24th of his "The Way Out for China" series on RFA. The basic argument is that most of the money being made in China accrues to the super rich; they don't invest it … Continue reading
Muckrakers in China: Resisting Bribes and Knives to Expose Corruption – Part I
What follows is the first part of a translation, of sorts, of part of a popular article about China's muckraking journalists, and the difficulties of their profession. It was published by Modern Express (现代快报) on Dec. 6. This post was embargoed for a week … Continue reading
Wikileaks: 16 More Secrets on China to Follow
Of the U.S. diplomatic cables that Wikileaks intends to release in the near future, at least 16 are going to be highly embarrassing for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a number of their foreign associates, according to a recent … Continue reading
Michael Pettis on China’s Structural Imbalances
Michael Pettis, a popular blogger on the Chinese economy and Carnegie fellow, gave a perspicacious summary of the structural imbalances in the Chinese growth model at the Carnegie Endowment in DC last week. Pettis spoke through a video link-up from … Continue reading
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