Preserving Stability
In his second 18th Congress analysis, CMP director Qian Gang looks at China’s regime of “stability preservation.”
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Reading Deep Red
In the first piece in his “Watchwords” series, CMP Director Qian Gang looks at the “Four Basic Principles,” an important hardline buzzword.
Watchwords: the Life of the Party
A must-read series on the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, written by veteran journalist and media analyst Qian Gang.
Doomed Dogs of Democracy
This cartoon posted to (and then deleted from) Sina Weibo suggests dismal consequences for anyone actively seeking democracy in China.
Power Progeny 官二代
The Chinese term guan er’dai (官二代) could be translated numerous ways into English, and possibilities might include “sons and daughters of government officials” or “official offspring.” Whatever the translation, the Chinese term is used with increasing frequency to refer to the children of standing or former Party or government officials who are afforded special privileges […]
Democratic elections can't do miracles
In the Global Times, Zheng Ruolin argues that “some scholars” in the West have overblown the importance of elections.
What's wrong with the Global Times take on corruption
In a recent blog post, Chinese “super blogger” Yang Hengjun addressed a number of issues in a recent Global Times editorial on official corruption that was hotly discussed on the internet.
"Historic" propaganda to be proud of
The People’s Daily’s top official (left) voices pride over the way his newspaper was able to conduct effective propaganda over the Bo Xilai affair.
Yu Keping: Prizing the Will of the People
In a new book released just six months from the 18th Party Congress, political scholar Yu Keping (left), who made a splash with his 2006 book “Democracy is a Good Thing”, argues that the will of the people is the only real foundation for political legitimacy.
In China, the bats of rumor take wing
Rumors of turmoil among China’s political elite are unconfirmed. But as silence reigns, the lingering uncertainty speaks for itself.
