Sichuan province's new party chief Wang Dongming visited the memorial park of late leader Deng Xiaoping in Guangan city, Deng's hometown, on Sunday. Wang recalled Deng's achievement and expressed his loyalty to the reforms. He Huifeng
The mainland's Taiwan affairs director Wang Yi said yesterday Beijing would put up no barrier to doing business with Taiwan political parties as long as they abide by the "1992 consensus" and the "One China" principle. Wang said the Communist Party congress report suggested Beijing's intent to institutionalise the development of cross-strait exchanges. Lawrence Chung
Xu Zhiyong , the legal scholar who this month wrote an open letter to new Communist Party chief Xi Jinping , was detained by police for nearly 40 hours over the weekend, he said. Xu, who had pleaded with Xi to lead the country towards constitutional democracy and rule of law, was released late on Sunday. Verna Yu