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THIS WAS DISCOVERED online the other day and it makes for very interesting reading.  Background: Known as the "50 Cent Party," pro-China Internet commentators are hired by the Chinese Communist Party to post comments favorable towards the regime, with the … Continue reading →

Beijing Power Struggle Heralds End of Chinese Communist Party http://t.co/FauSKUdI # Chinese Communist Party’s Control Over Law Enforcement Under Fire http://t.co/wfPl6I4c # ‘June 4 Massacre’ Internet Ban Partly Lifted in China http://t.co/kqDzrJ6u # Chinese Regime Infighting May Prefigure Soviet Style … Continue reading →

Chinese Internet Allows Searches for ‘Live [Organ] Harvest’ http://t.co/fCAOKVxb # Power Struggle Grips Chinese Regime: Timeline http://t.co/1qvpH9YQ # Bo Xilai’s Ambition to Rule http://t.co/FzHVqlQQ # BREAKING: Former Chinese Regime Leader Jiang Zemin Said to Be in Vegetative State http://t.co/Tp7J1b92 # … Continue reading →

Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, and Wang Lijun Walk the Plank (Illustration) http://t.co/bNzDb9iL #

Global Power Shift: West to East http://t.co/xG3H63sn # Major Players in Beijing Power Struggle http://t.co/j8v0QYPd #

Washingtonians Celebrate Shen Yun at Festival Time in DC http://t.co/imVKkPOw # PERSPECTIVE: Persecution of Falun Gong Complicates Beijing Power Struggle http://t.co/KtZnjHrc #

Regime Mouthpiece Reveals Confusion Over Chinese Leadership http://t.co/yWV6q2lt # China’s Internet Censors Take Break During Party Infighting by @MPRobertson http://t.co/mVqN0emS # China Security Chief Zhou Yongkang Lost Power Struggle, Say Netizens http://t.co/boQVzllA # Investing In and Collecting Asian Art: Expert … Continue reading →

Bo Xilai Fired, Epoch Times Website Unblocked Behind GFW http://t.co/3e4Oc06U # Tracing USD vs Chinese Yuan on March 20 http://t.co/eKYSjoiY # Investing In and Collecting Asian Art: Expert Insight from Jiyoung Koo http://t.co/F9QsQHtZ # EYE ON CHINA BLOG: DC China … Continue reading →

Protracted Vengeance: A review of “Revenge of the Forbidden City,” by James Tong by @MPRobertson http://t.co/HGUhAu1X # Leverage, Leverage, Leverage: An American Who Negotiates Like a Chinese by @MPRobertson http://t.co/paqu8B6C # Investing In and Collecting Asian Art: Expert Insight From … Continue reading →

GOOD NEWS: A high profile doctor has made some robust public remarks related to the Wang Lijun organ harvesting scandal. The doctor is Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.  In an interview with … Continue reading →