Su's 'Redemption' wins Man Asian Literary Prize

The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said.

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China Communist Party newspaper to expand coverage

The ruling Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the People's Daily, is expanding its coverage as part of a reported multibillion-dollar drive to expand China's international media influence.

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30 year reforms transform China, but not politics

Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao, speaking in the same hall where his predecessors launched a free-market revolution 30 years ago, urged more economic reform Thursday but said it would not lead to Western-style democracy.

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Chinese Leader Promises Modest Reforms

Opening a Communist Party congress seen as a test of his political skills, Chinese leader Hu Jintao on Monday promised modest steps to reform the government, support for a sustained military buildup and expanded social programs.

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China's leaders marked their nation's 60th anniversary on Thursday with a precision display of military bravado, a fleet of floats representing everything from a giant fish to Mount Everest and, improbably, a female militia unit toting submachine guns and attired in red minis …

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Chinese children are being told that the first lesson they must learn this school year is "love your country". The ministry of education has produced a special TV programme to encourage patriotism among the nation's youngsters.

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Two seemingly unrelated but notable events took place on July 24th in China.

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Just before the 2007 Chinese Communist Party Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao had sharp words for those agitating for internal political reform. In a much-quoted speech, he told a gathering of policymakers and intellectuals that China would not be ready for democracy for 100 years.

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The Chinese authorities continue to be among the world's most repressive when it comes to press freedom.

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Beijing has gone to considerable expense and effort at the Olympics to present a shiny, modern image of the new China. The reality is not too far below the surface, however.

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We had a rather enlightening dinner Saturday evening with officials from the Tibetan Foreign Affairs Office. These Chinese bureaucrats from Beijing with years of experience working with foreign correspondents are serving what they call a diplomatic mission in Tibet.

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Love your Party, or else - Communist Party acts against Falun Gong via front organisations

It claims to be Sydney University's largest club for Chinese students, but the Chinese Students Association has surprisingly strict entrance criteria — don't promote superstition, don't attack the unity of the homeland, don't damage ethnic unity and don't damage China's reputat …

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In March 2008, the largest demonstration in the past 19 years erupted in Tibet to protest the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rule. It was peaceful from March 10th to 13th. On the 14th, it turned violent.

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Tibetan regions of the People's Republic of China are experiencing a level of unrest that hasn't been seen for twenty years.

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Beijing has invested its most in Pakistan for very pertinent reasons. China is to refer to North Korea relations as "lips to teeth". Pakistan was its "time tested ally and friend" and an example of relations between two countries.

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After the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in 1989, Beijing accelerated "market reform". Deng Xiaoping toured southern China in 1992, notoriously declaring: "Let some people get rich first".

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The ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in deep crisis. Even among Party leaders, it is hard to find a convinced Marxist, even though a portrait of Mao is still hanging in Tiananmen Square.

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The week-long 17th national congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded in Beijing on October 21 with no significant changes to its pro-market economic agenda or the police-state measures on which the regime depends.

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MELBOURNE, Australia—The Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a rally and parade in downtown Melbourne in support of the 25 million people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The Sept.

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In response to recent criticism from the world about the quality of products made in China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has begun airing a series of special documentaries in China called "Believe in Made in China."

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China's media have been conducting an unusually frank debate about the progress, or lack thereof, in democratic reform. But don't expect great leaps once the 17th party congress convenes.

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An international boycott of the Olympics will be called for on August 8 this year if human rights in China do not improve.

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In the last 15 years, the city has been transformed into a glittering metropolis of 21 million people, with more skyscrapers than New York and a public transport system that will soon overtake London's in size.

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In the midst of the lead up to next year's Beijing Olympics and a power struggle in the Chinese Communist Party, a January raid on an alleged terrorist training camp in Xinjiang killed 18 terrorist suspects and one policeman. Seventeen more suspects were reported captured.

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As Chinese leaders fret over rising peasant protests, political instability, and a decay of traditional values, the Communist Party is experimenting with multiple new messages - designed to capture the hearts and minds of ordinary people.

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Where IS the "mainstream" media on this? I know a related article was also seeded, but that article does not menion the bird-flu cover-up, and goodness knows people are interested in that as well.

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