Political Reform

25 Feb 2013

China's new leader Xi Jinping has certainly lit up enough "fires" to generate exciting chatter at home and abroad about himself, his new administration and the future direction of the mainland...

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Politburo endorses draft restructuring plan

24 Feb 2013

The draft proposes reform and the reassignment of duties of various organisations under the State Council. Xinhua quoted the Politburo as saying the restructuring was a priority, as it was crucial...

Intellectual calls for constitution to ditch 'dictatorship of the proletariat'

22 Feb 2013

Cao Siyuan told a seminar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Thursday that doing away with the clause on the "people's democratic dictatorship" would amount to "removing a threat of death"...

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Bulgaria's prime minister says government will resign amid protests

21 Feb 2013

Bulgaria's prime minister announced on Wednesday the surprise resignation of his government after days of sometimes violent rallies, paving the way for early elections in the European Union's...

Just what is Xi Jinping's 'Chinese dream' and 'Chinese renaissance'?

6 Feb 2013

Every new communist leader has a favourite phrase. These slogans are often seen as something which defines their rule and their attempt to leave behind a "glorious page" in history.

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China's reformers within

Chinese author Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, came under fire late last year for choosing not to condemn the principles of censorship, comparing it, perhaps flippantly, to...

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China's search for a new path is fraught but necessary

There are many signs that China has now reached a historic watershed. First, the economy is changing towards slower, but more balanced, equitable and sustainable growth, to be driven by...

Eritrean troops lay siege to information ministry

Eritrean army tanks besieged the information ministry in central Asmara yesterday after some 200 mutineers seized the building to call for political reform, diplomatic sources said yesterday.

MYANMAR

Myanmar troops to halt attacks on Kachin rebels, government says

Myanmar announced an end to a military offensive against ethnic minority rebels in the northern state of Kachin yesterday in the face of international concern.

JUDICIARY

Experts say judicial independence would lead to political reform

Mainland legal experts are calling on the new Communist Party leaders to implement reforms for judicial independence, saying it would be the first step towards political reform in the country.

CHINA BRIEFING

New leadership's words and actions raise expectations for genuine reform

Is Xi Jinping a reformist? That is the million-dollar question investors and analysts have been asking about China's new leader since he came to power as the chief of the Communist Party two...

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