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Political Reform and China’s Media (中国传媒与政治改革)

Preface: What Direction is China’s Media Heading? PART ONE “From Liu Binyan to the Freezing Point Affair” “A Record of Press Restrictions” “Comments on the News Commentary Group of the Propaganda Department” “May Our Vision Cut Through the Mist” “The Joys and Sorrows of Dandelion” “The Death of A Newspaper Man” “Media Reform with Chinese […]

Wait a minute, what happened to political reform?

By Qian Gang (钱钢) — Before the 17th National Congress went into session I said we would have to see whether the phrase “political reform” (政治体制改革) appeared in a subhead in Hu Jintao’s political report. This, I said, would determine whether political reform would become a key agenda over the next five years. Based on […]

CMP guest contributor: Hu's political report sticks to status quo on political reform

CMP guest contributor Xie Mingyuan (谢铭元) — Comparing Hu Jintao’s report to this year’s party congress to Jiang Zemin’s third and last political report back in 2002, a number of points stand out. First of all, while Hu’s report this year makes more frequent mention of “intraparty democracy” (党内民主) and “election” (选举), and the term […]

How will Hu Jintao address political reform during the 17th National Congress?

One question on everyone’s mind as we approach next month’s party congress is whether there will be any breakthroughs on political reform. There are few answers at this point about Hu Jintao’s specific agenda on political reform. But we can at least prepare ourselves to ask the right questions. CMP analysis of “political reform” coverage […]

Party School scholar: effective power monitoring requires deep political reforms

In a bold analysis making the rounds in print media and on the Internet yesterday, Wang Guixiu (王贵秀), a scholar with the Party School of CPC Central Committee, criticized normative approaches to “power monitoring” in China, saying they were based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the notion of power relationships and the delegation of power. […]