Survey: Half of Chinese like US ideas on democracy
BEIJING - People in China are increasingly worried about corruption, inequality and food safety, according to a survey released Tuesday that also found that about half of Chinese like American ideas about democracy. The Pew Global Attitudes Project ...www.huffingtonpost.com
China critic to sell Taiwan media holdings
Tsai, whose China food business is the basis of a fortune recently estimated by Forbes Magazine at $8 billion, raised hackles earlier this year when he told the Washington Post that China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters near Beijing's ...www.ctpost.com
China Needs Real, Not Fake, Political Reform
In 1992 he left China for the U.S. and served as a contact for the dissidents of 1989, general secretary of Glad Committee for June 4, and President of China Peace and Democracy Federation. Now residing in New York, Tang is the principal of the ...www.theepochtimes.com
Not democracy
... do we still live in a democracy, or do we now live in a dictatorship? I am referring to the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement.www.canada.com
Ex-DPP chairman lauds Hsieh's China proposal
Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Hsu Hsin-liang (許信良) yesterday applauded former premier Frank Hsieh's (謝長廷) recent visit to China as a success and said Hsieh's initiative of "constitutions with different interpretations" (憲法 ...www.taipeitimes.com
Democracy in China: The Popularity of Alexis de Tocqueville in the Middle ...
By Elizabeth Pond. First there was Confucius. Then there was Mao Zedong. And now Alexis de Tocqueville tops the must-read list for avid Chinese intellectuals and bloggers.www.worldpolicy.org
China's path to a socialist democracy
At a clandestine meeting on July 29, 2006, 25 workers in Quanzhou City took on the largest corporation in the world and won. That night they formed the world's first Wal-Mart trade union committee.www.china.org.cn
Time is right for DPP China affairs committee: ex-chairman
Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) should move quickly to create a China affairs committee to spearhead engagements with the other side of the Taiwan Strait, a former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition party said Monday.focustaiwan.tw
The Renminbi Challenge
Might it be possible for China to establish limits on arbitrary executive power and strengthen creditor rights sufficiently without undertaking a full-fledged transition to democracy? Until now, constraints on decision-making by the general secretary ...www.social-europe.eu
Myanmar president says democracy won't change China friendship
BEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Myanmar's transition to democracy will not change the country's traditional friendship with China, Myanmar President Thein Sein was cited as telling Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, amid concerns in China its neighbour ...www.reuters.com
China's New Catch-All Excuse: 'Insufficient Theoretical Preparations'
In an commentary posted Monday on the website of the People's Daily, Mr. Gong argued that China needs new political thought before it can be ready for democracy. A Cultural Revolution-era poster depicting Mao Zedong. The caption says, "The People's ...blogs.wsj.com
Teaching for a New China
China's censorship regime is alive and well, but some citizens find a way to talk politics nonetheless. One such person is Liu Yu, a young professor at Tsinghua University who teaches classes on American and comparative democracy. Her classes are open ...prospect.org
CNN Launches New Show 'ON CHINA' hosted by Kristie Lu Stout
"I think that the Communist Party of China will remain the ruling party for many years - if not for many decades - to come.cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com
China fetish misses Asia complexity
But India's democracy has been long and stable, and Indonesia's transition to democracy has been a standout success story.www.theage.com.au
'Democracy won't come out of NATO guns: Iran President
While Western states have been calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, Iran, Russia, and China are strongly opposed to the Western drive to oust Assad.www.presstv.ir
Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk Dies
As monarch as well as prime minister, he oversaw the country's turbulent transition from a French colony to a kingdom, through genocide and war with the communist Khmer Rouge - and finally to an emerging democracy. China's vice president Xi Jinping ...news.sky.com
Rebellious Chinese village's experiment with democracy sours
WUKAN, China -- One of China's most celebrated experiments in grassroots democracy showed signs of faltering on Friday, as frustrations with elected officials in the southern fishing village of Wukan triggered a small and angry protest.worldnews.nbcnews.com
Rule of law offers foundation for long-term democratic hopes
China's leaders face a unique challenge. China's political system has delivered the fastest improvement in standard of living that any society has experienced in recent times.www.globaltimes.cn
The Future of US-China Relations
"For China, the Cultural Revolution remains a colossal catastrophe in which human rights, democracy, the rule of law and civilization itself were unprecedentedly trampled.www.huffingtonpost.com
Chinese democracy experiment marked by protest a year on
WUKAN, China (Reuters) - One of China's most celebrated experiments in grass-roots democracy showed signs of faltering on Friday, as frustrations with elected officials in the southern fishing village of Wukan triggered a small and angry protest.www.reuters.com
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