This week we begin our short list of top media stories with an interesting controversy that brewed online over suggestions from college entrance examination authorities in the municipality of Chongqing that students sitting for next year’s examinations would need to pass a “political investigation,” or zhengshen (政审), process in addition to the normal testing procedures. The […]
Under an institutional restructuring plan announced today by Xinhua News Agency, called Program for the Deepening Reform of Party and Government Organs (深化党和国家机构改革方案), China has announced a deep restructuring also of the institutions overseeing the media and film industries. We will have further comments on these changes in due course, but for now we would just like […]
“Entering a New Era, Achieving New Acts.” This is the bright gold slogan emblazoned this week across the top of the official website of the People’s Daily — right over the top of an image of President Xi Jinping, identified as “the people’s leader,” or renmin lingxiu (人民领袖). Xi Jinping’s new act, the amendment of […]
Another year has passed. We can now take a comprehensive look back on China’s political discourse in 2013 — and what it can tell us about China’s current political atmosphere.
Wu Jiaxiang (right) argues that Xi Jinping can and will deliver on his promise to change China’s ruling party — once he has strengthened his grip.
In the third installment of his WATCHWORDS series, Qian Gang looks at “political reform.”
The Global Times says reform alone cannot effectively fight corruption, and that reform, anti-corruption and development must go together.
Some suggest the Wang Lijun incident and Bo Xilai’s removal are a victory for pro-reformers in China. But Chang Ping cautions that quiet within the Party could cool the engines of reform, and proponents of political reform must continue to push.
As political wrangling heats up in China ahead of a key leadership transition, the Cultural Revolution comes into sharper focus.
Singapore scholar Zheng Yongnian (left) talks about how China and its ruling Party can reach consensus on the future of reforms.
