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The Educated Elite and the Communist Party’s Future

July 12, 2010
By C. Custer
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“I have no faith in the Party,” Ms. Liu told me. “I don’t believe in anything in the history textbooks. It’s all lies.” This would hardly be remarkable, except that Ms. Liu is herself a Party member, and has been for several years.
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How Officials are Transferred and Promoted (Part I)

May 24, 2010
By C. Custer
How Officials are Transferred and Promoted (Part I)

The first part of our translation of Southern Weekend's very in-depth look into the way that government officials are moved around and what causes one official to be promoted over another one.
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In Defense of the Western Media in Tibet

March 16, 2009
By Chris Hearne

At the risk of boring everyone and getting this website swept under the Great Firewall, we’ll add a few short thoughts about Tibet. As the CCP keeps a lockdown on Tibet, information is scarce and hard to come by, even more than usual. There’s a certain sore spot on China’s part against the Western...
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Lessons on How to Love China

March 14, 2009
By Chris Hearne

Gao Zhisheng is a Chinese firebrand lawyer-turned human rights activist. He’s taken up the cross for cases ranging from underground Christian sects to democracy activists, displaced homeowners and more. Gao’s opponent in and out of court has traditionally been one face or another of the CCP, and he’s been a thorn in the Party’s...
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