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1. News - China

   Wife of jailed Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo writes open letter to Xi

   Posted Jun 14th 2013, 03:45pm by Verna Yu

   ... will not turn into a 'Chinese nightmare' for individuals like me." Since becoming president in March and head of the Communist Party last year, Xi has touted his "Chinese dream" ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1260763/wife-jailed-nobel-winner-liu-xiaobo-writes-open-letter-chinese-leader-xi
2. News - China - POLITICS

   Chinese liberals cautious on hope for reform

   Posted Nov 18th 2012, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... commission to new party chief Xi Jinping. He said Hu's retirement as party and military chief would enable the new generation of leaders to follow its own agenda. "Now the new people can do ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1084992/chinese-liberals-cautious-hope-reform
3. News - China

   Xi Jinping lavishes praise on Hu Jintao for his 'clear direction'

   Posted Nov 10th 2012, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... it will pursue," he said late on Thursday. Xi told the Shanghai delegation's discussion session the country was facing unprecedented challenges and cadres should "continue to uphold the great ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1079037/xi-jinping-lavishes-praise-hu-jintao-his-clear-direction
4. News - China - REFORM

   Activist Xu Zhiyong smuggles video speech out of detention centre

   Posted Aug 09th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... were heartened by President Xi Jinping's rhetoric on constitutional rule in December shortly after he assumed the party leadership, the detention of Xu and others campaigning for official ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1295413/activist-xu-zhiyong-smuggles-video-speech-out-detention-centre
5. News - China - CIVIL LIBERTIES

   Activists demanding disclosure of Communist Party bosses' assets formally arrested

   Posted May 10th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... of the Communist Party's Central Committee - the most politically powerful people on the mainland - disclose their family wealth. Since Xi Jinping was made party leader in November, he has repeatedly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1234040/activists-demanding-disclosure-communist-party-bosses-assets-formally
6. News - China - POLITICS

   China should 'repudiate June 4', says party official jailed over Tiananmen

   Posted Jun 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... A Guangming Daily commentary cited Xi as saying the country would have plunged into chaos if Mao had been totally discredited after the Cultural Revolution. It was also reported university staff have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1252312/bao-tong-party-official-jailed-over-tiananmen-movement-urges-china
7. News - China - POLITICS

   Writer Su Xiaokang wants to 'probe the legitimacy of the party' and 'slay the dragon of Mao'

   Posted Jul 14th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... of Mao was imperative for the country to move forward. But he sees the Communist Party going in the opposite direction. For instance, President Xi Jinping was quoted by state media in January ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1282070/writer-su-xiaokang-wants-probe-legitimacy-party-and-slay-dragon-mao
8. News - China - HEALTH

   Chinese Aids activists visit Hong Kong to press Beijing for compensation

   Posted Aug 10th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... were Tian Xi, 26, who contracted HIV and hepatitis B and C from a tainted blood transfusion when he was nine years old, and a 43-year-old woman Aids patient surnamed Hu and her HIV-infected ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1295748/chinese-aids-activists-visit-hong-kong-press-beijing-compensation
9. News - China - MEDIA

   Yanhuang Chunqiu website closed down after editorial on constitution

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... , praising the publication. "Xi [Jinping] kept stressing the importance of the constitution," Du said. "I don't believe this [closure] has anything to do with the new ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1120153/yanhuang-chunqiu-website-closed-down-after-editorial-constitution
10. News - China

    Disclosing assets of mainland elites too big a gamble, analysts say

    Posted Feb 27th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

    ... the authorities and ordinary people, and between the central and local authorities." Since Xi took the helm of the Communist Party in November, he has made repeated calls for a renewed fight against ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1159349/disclosing-assets-mainland-elites-too-big-gamble-analysts-say

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