Communist Party of China

12 May 2013

Iain Inglis used his brilliant voice to shoot to stardom in China, albeit in a very untraditional way - by singing communist revolutionary songs.

6:28AM

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Shedding some light on the dark world of party discipline

6 May 2013

In China's uphill battle against rampant corruption, no other Communist Party agency evokes more fear among officials than the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the country's...

5:18AM

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Xi follows in Mao's footsteps on path to consolidate power

29 Apr 2013

When the Politburo announced Xi Jinping's campaign rid the party of "formalism, bureaucratism and behaviour that suggests mediocrity, laziness, laxity and extravagance", what it really meant was...

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No time for dreaming, Xi needs to crack on with cleaning up the party

29 Apr 2013

The Chinese leadership may have good reason to regret taking bad advice from its ideological team. The idea of declaring a new political slogan, the "China Dream", at the outset of the new regime...

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Maoist attitude to dissent is blocking China's road to the rule of law

8 Apr 2013

China has made significant progress in legal reform, but there are stubborn impediments to the rule of law. Chinese courts are still subject to political interference.

2:04AM

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Activists calling for declaration of Chinese officials' assets detained

3 Apr 2013

At least three activists campaigning for senior Communist Party officials to disclose their family assets were in custody yesterday for staging an illegal gathering, Liang Xiaojun, the lawyer for...

5:54AM

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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4:10AM

Mystery over lone vote against Xi

An overwhelming 2,952 delegates voted "yes" to Xi Jinping becoming China's new president on Thursday - but it was the lone "no" vote that attracted attention and sparked debate on China's main...

5:02AM

Does China model herald a post-democratic future?

The contrast between the mindless partisan fighting in Washington and the smooth way that the changing of the guard is now going on in China has emboldened some people to assert that we have seen...

2:31AM

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Blame both sides for Hong Kong's political impasse

Beijing wants security and loyalty from Hong Kong. The pan-democrats want democracy. Both sides insist their demand must be met first before they will concede to the other side. Both can...

10:29AM

Can China's new leaders finally lay to rest ghosts of the Cultural Revolution?

Once again, the term wen ge - short for the Cultural Revolution - is buzzing around China's web. This time, discussion was sparked by the trial last month of a man for an alleged murder in 1967,...

3:27AM

POLITICS

Wen Jiabao: the people's champion or a chameleon

Sympathisers and admirers say he has been a true reformer and the "people's premier". Opponents question his sincerity because he has often failed to live up to his reformist pledges and meet...

5:35AM

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The origins of China's economic ideology

Set forth in the 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum, corporatism became the most influential ethically motivated intervention into economics in modern history. It still shapes constitutions, laws and...

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