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1. Comment - Blogs

   China: New leadership, same old censorship

   Posted Mar 08th 2013, 05:38pm by Ivan Zhai

   ... the level of censorship was extreme. If the combined surnames of the top leaders appear as a term, “Huwen” referring to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao and “Xili” referring to Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1186367/china-new-leadership-same-old-censorship
2. News - China - POLITICS

   Beijing steps up centralisation of power to control provincial leaders

   Posted Jul 05th 2013, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai, Echo Hui

   ... leaders' personal styles and the different power struggles they face. "Obviously, Xi is more ambitious than Hu Jintao. He might intend seizing all the power for himself," Zhou said, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1275534/beijing-steps-centralisation-power-control-provincial-leaders
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   Former Taiwan premier's Chinese weibo account deleted (updated)

   Posted Feb 20th 2013, 12:35pm by Ivan Zhai

   ... Ivan Zhai Updated at 11.30am; Thursday, February 21 Former Taiwan premier Frank Hsieh Chang-Ting is probably the first heavyweight from the Democratic Progressive Party with his own fan club on the Chinese mainland. He follows in the footsteps of China’s new party secretary Xi Jinping and incoming premier Li Keqiang, who have their own weibo fan clubs. On Wednesday night, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1154535/former-taiwan-premiers-chinese-weibo-account-deleted
4. Hundreds sent to boot camps in soccer drive

   Posted Mar 13th 2010, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai

   ... the microscope since the second half of last year, when President Hu Jintao and Vice-President Xi Jinping ordered sports authorities to clean up corruption and match-fixing. Xi also vowed to improve ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/708447/hundreds-sent-boot-camps-soccer-drive
5. Bo steps up his campaign with Red Microblog

   Posted Dec 15th 2010, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai

   ... to remind the public that during the Cultural Revolution tens of thousands of young students were sent to the countryside on Mao's instruction. Vice-President Xi Jinping showed his approval ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/733388/bo-steps-his-campaign-red-microblog
6. Ex-soccer chiefs under arrest

   Posted Mar 02nd 2010, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai

   ... million yuan. Police had said that this stage of the anti-corruption campaign, backed by top leaders such as President Hu Jintao and Vice-President Xi Jinping, began two years ago when police were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/707383/ex-soccer-chiefs-under-arrest
7. Investigators turn to national soccer players for 'advice'

   Posted Nov 25th 2009, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai

   ... in provinces including Guangdong, Sichuan and Liaoning. The investigation has the backing of several senior leaders. In the space of a week last month, President Hu Jintao , Vice-President Xi Jinping ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/699352/investigators-turn-national-soccer-players-advice
8. From eternal struggle to pragmatism and institution-building

   Posted Sep 22nd 2009, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai

   ... change in the party leadership - from revolutionaries to 'technocrats'. The fifth-generation leadership-in-waiting - headed by Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang - marks a further shift. Both ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/693220/eternal-struggle-pragmatism-and-institution-building
9. Police detain soccer's big two in crackdown

   Posted Jan 22nd 2010, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai

   ... and Vice-President Xi Jinping called for a clean-up of mainland sports, especially soccer, late last year. It was rare for such an order to come directly from the highest level of government. Among everyday ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/704321/police-detain-soccers-big-two-crackdown
10. Sorry saga of mainland soccer corruption

    Posted Dec 29th 2009, 12:00am by Ivan Zhai

    ... by President Hu Jintao and his deputy Xi Jinping . Since qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, the national team has gone from bad to worse. It failed to qualify for next year's World Cup in South ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/702288/sorry-saga-mainland-soccer-corruption

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