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A true moral giant and a dogmatic leftist creep
By Jeff Jacoby It was only upon reading his obituary this month that I first learned of Nguyen Chi Thien. He was a courageous Vietnamese dissident who had spent nearly 30 years in prison for his...
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In drive to strengthen one-party rule, China treats Internet ‘as ideological...
From Democracy Digest: Since Xi Jinping came to power just less than a year ago, China Digital Times notes, hopes that his administration would oversee substantial political reform have been...
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Guns Against Tyranny
Lily Tang Williams writes: I was born in Chengdu, China. When I was growing up, the Communist Party controlled everything. There were no choices of any sort. We were all poor except the elite. The...
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The Mystery of Deng Hong: Shadowy Chinese billionaire behind world’s largest...
From Malcolm Moore, The Telegraph: It is the biggest building in the world; 16 Wembley stadiums could fit underneath its vast roof. (See The Telegraph’s feature article and spectacular photo essay...
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China’s return to Mao-style self-criticism
Marxist Autocratic crackdown efforts seen as tactic to strengthen legitimacy of Communist Party. BEIJING — Leaders worldwide may secretly envy a classic move from the Chinese president’s playbook....
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BREAKING: China Says Suspect Arrested in Deadly Bomb Attack
Chinese police on Friday arrested an ex-convict suspected of setting off a series of explosions outside ruling Communist Party offices in a northern city that killed one person and wounded eight. Feng...
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BOOM: China to Ease One-Child Policy
Leaders Will Also Abolish Re-Education Through Labor BEIJING—CARLOS TEJADA reports: leaders agreed to loosen its one-child policy and abolish a controversial form of detention without trial, the...
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Campaign Against Foreign Words: ‘VIP, Wi-fi, iPhone’, Threaten Chinese...
For World Affairs Journal, Gordon G. Chang writes: Twice in late April, People’s Daily railed against the incorporation of acronyms and English words in written Chinese. “How much have foreign...
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CRACKDOWN: China Internet Censorship Escalates, Instant Messenger Services...
BEIJING (AP) –Louise Watt reports: China is targeting popular smartphone-based instant messaging services in a monthlong campaign to crack down on the spreading of rumors and what it calls infiltration...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Zhou Yongkang’s Web of Power, Money, Connections
A look at the extensive business interests of Zhou Yongkang, after the former security chief was placed under formal investigation, shattering the decades-old political taboo of not prosecuting the...
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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Showdown: China Warns Against ‘Foreign Meddling’
BEIJING (AP) — China warned against foreign meddling in Hong Kong’s politics Saturday ahead of an expected announcement to recommend highly contentious restrictions on the first direct elections for...
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The Communist Party Looks Backward
Dazed and Confucian Russell Leigh Moses writes: Nearly two years into his tenure as China’s leader, President Xi Jinping has yet to expound on a clear notion of what the Communist Party should stand...
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Tiananmen Protest ‘Black Hand’ Chen Ziming Dies in Beijing
Josh Chin reports: One of the two activists identified as the “black hands” behind China’s 1989 democracy protests died of cancer on Tuesday, in a reminder of how little the Communist Party has budged...
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Cyberspace Administration: China to Force Social Media Users to Declare their...
Mainland regulators say people will be able to have nicknames – they will just have to register them with website administrators first Li Jing reports: Online real-name registration will be ramped up...
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[VIDEO] Revolutionary Communist Party Protesters Burn Flag Outside GOP...
…Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party said the group organized the burning of the American flag as a “political statement about the crimes of the American empire. There’s nothing great about...
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Guns Against Tyranny
Lily Tang Williams writes: I was born in Chengdu, China. When I was growing up, the Communist Party controlled everything. There were no choices of any sort. We were all poor except the elite. The...
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The Mystery of Deng Hong: Shadowy Chinese billionaire behind world’s largest...
From Malcolm Moore, The Telegraph: It is the biggest building in the world; 16 Wembley stadiums could fit underneath its vast roof. (See The Telegraph’s feature article and spectacular photo essay...
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China’s return to Mao-style self-criticism
Marxist Autocratic crackdown efforts seen as tactic to strengthen legitimacy of Communist Party. BEIJING — Leaders worldwide may secretly envy a classic move from the Chinese president’s playbook....
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Freedomways
Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Reading Room Tagged: Alice Walker, Communist Party, design, Harry Belafonte, Illustration, Jacob Lawrence, James Baldwin, Julian...
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Qué Lástima! Countdown Begins a Year Out from Raúl Castro’s Retirement
Mimi Whitfield and Nora Gámez Torres report: A year from now — on Feb. 24 — something is expected to occur in Cuba that hasn’t happened in more than 40 years: a non-Castro will occupy the presidency....
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