Hakka Chinese

3 Jun 2012

A top policy adviser to the government's economic planning agency says the Deng-era approach to reform has run its course and that the window of opportunity for moving to a rule-based system is...

Chen Xitong praises reformists

30 May 2012

Former Beijing party secretary Chen Xitong, widely believed to be a political enemy of liberal leaders Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang and to have actively plotted the latter's downfall, has heaped...

Lai See

17 May 2012

So just who is Deng's closest political bedfellow?

Which political leader would Deng Xiaoping be in terms of his political philosophy: Lee Kuan Yew, Chiang Kai-shek, Benito Mussolini...

Talking points

15 May 2012

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Henry Tang on air after his post-defeat holiday

China needs to address the causes of June 4, not just seek its reappraisal

5 May 2012

A rumour circulated on the internet late last month that Premier Wen Jiabao had suggested a reappraisal of the June 4 movement.

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

Rare eulogy to liberal party leader

An official news agency yesterday ran a rare eulogy to late Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang, ahead of the Ching Ming festival and the anniversary of his death later this month.

Rules broken to publish Deng's seminal address

A newspaper's bold decision to carry without authorisation from the leadership in Beijing a speech made by Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen during his southern tour 20 years ago was made possible by a...

Wrong route

To mark the 20th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's southern tour, both Xinhua and the People's Daily published commentaries to push for reforms.

Better late than never for a stirring echo from the past

Official media don't usually mess up important dates. So, why was Deng Xiaoping's call for reform in Shenzhen in January 20 years ago being remembered so fondly last week?

Liberals on rise, in words if not deeds

A commentary in the People's Daily yesterday urged authorities to be willing to take risks and face opposition when launching bold reforms.

Proliferation of locusts in anti-migrant campaigns

Hong Kong's locust imagery may be catching on. Soon after the advert appeared in the city likening mainland tourists to the swarming pest, locust images popped up in some of the mainland's biggest...