A front page piece in yesterday’s People’s Daily upheld the provincial-level Liaoning Daily as an example of how Party papers in China can become relevant if they “reform” and “innovate.” But isn’t Liaoning Daily just more of the same propaganda and bluster?
Three separate releases from the official Xinhua News Agency last night define today’s top news story, the removal of former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai from the Politburo, his wife’s investigation for alleged murder, and the need to fight corruption in the Party’s ranks.
As the annual National People’s Congress kicks off in Beijing, Chinese “super blogger” Yang Hengjun looks at what the NPC might be by discussing the recent corruption hearing for Hong Kong’s chief executive, Donald Tsang.
China’s leaders have decried a deficiency of public morals. Their answer: dusting off one of the CCP’s oldest exemplars, the self-sacrificing Lei Feng.
The standoff between villagers and corrupt local officials at Wukan Village in Guangdong has more far-reaching implications that could also make it one of the biggest stories of 2012.