Bo Xilai falls, and rises in the headlines
Kept to official news on Bo Xilai’s replacement, Chinese media must find creative ways to play up to strong public interest in the story.
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The future begins with remembering the past
As a press conference yesterday, Premier Wen Jiabao made two mentions of the Party’s 1981 “Resolution” on the Cultural Revolution. This marks an important event for China as it looks to the future, writes Hu Shuli.
China needs less division, more action
Zhan Jiang, a professor of journalism at Beijing Foreign Languages University and former CMP fellow, argues that the “left” and the “right” in China should set aside bigoted attacks and act instead on common social concerns.
Critical report pulled from China's web
A paper runs a research report from Sun Liping (left) detailing major challenges facing China today, but online versions are pulled.
Guangdong extends a firm hand to Wukan villagers
Top Party leaders in Guangdong reach out a hand of compromise to demonstrating villagers in Wukan.
Stake it on Daddy
Two decades of economic growth have certainly made China richer. But uneven growth and lagging political reforms have also contributed to a sharp widening of the gap between rich and poor in the country. As social gaps grow more distinct, some Chinese say there is a growing consciousness among young Chinese of gaps in opportunity […]
The tragedy of a corrupt civil service
As civil service examinations are underway in China this month, Zhang Ming writes obliquely about how the equation of civil service with economic opportunity points to a backward political culture.
How to deal with the CCP's "fourth danger"?
Corruption is a real and growing problem for the Chinese Communist Party. But dealing with it openly presents challenges.
Letter to Journalists in China and Hong Kong
The first week of coverage of the Wenzhou train collision brought both victories and setbacks.
People's Daily: We don't want "bloody GDP"
The official People’s Daily ran a piece calling for better “production safety.” “We do not want a GDP that comes with blood,” it said.
