Deng Xiaoping

Unacceptable to invoke Maoist dogma in today's Hong Kong

30 Jan 2013

It comes as something of a shock to learn that there are political leaders in our midst whose minds are still mired in the Maoist ideological dogmas of the 1950s, who do not seem to be aware of...

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Obituary: Yang Baibing backed 1989 crackdown and prospered from it

17 Jan 2013

Yang Baibing, one of the military strongmen who supported former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping's bloody crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protest in Tiananmen Square, has died at the age of 93...

Xi Jinping endorses Deng Xiaoping's party mantra

6 Jan 2013

Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping yesterday called on newly elected senior party members to adhere to "socialism with Chinese characteristics". Since Xi took over as leader there have...

Follow the money along the road to ruin of Deng's vision

29 Dec 2012

China has had a rough year with an international media that are in Woodward-and-Bernstein mode: it is following the money.

Exposé reveals ascent to riches by 'Immortals' heirs

28 Dec 2012

An investigation into the huge business interests and personal assets of the descendants of eight dead Communist Party veterans offers a detailed look at one part of China's elite and how its...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Letters to the Editor, December 23, 2012

Deng's aim to bring Taiwan back into fold

I refer to Rupert Li's letter ("HK can help mainland create a more enhanced rule of law system", December 16) commenting on Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee's...

Hong Kong has role to play in China's new era

Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee's column ("HK's places in a family of 1.3b", December 9) seems to have missed the essential motive which underpins the concept of "one country, two systems".

Xi gives reform advocates cause for hope

The once-in-a-decade leadership transition in China last month left some analysts fearing for the cause of reform after key reformers Li Yuanchao, Wang Yang and Liu Yandong failed to reach the...

POLITICS

Xi Jinping adopts casual, open air on visit to Shenzhen

About 200 Shenzhen residents had an unexpectedly close encounter with Xi Jinping yesterday as the new Communist Party chief turned on the charm during the second day of his southern tour.

POLITICS

Echoes of Deng Xiaoping as Xi Jinping heads to Shenzhen on first inspection trip

New party boss evokes memories of Deng Xiaoping's 1992 tour and issues a signal of his commitment to deepening reform by heading to Shenzhen on his first inspection trip.

ANALYSIS

Political reform doesn't need blueprint, says academic Fang Ning

A leading mainland political scientist has called for the immediate kick-starting of long-stalled political reform, saying it does not require an established theoretical framework.