Commentary

Signs of a New Tiananmen in China

  • Fri, 04/13/2012 - 00:00

Pervasive corruption, lawlessness among the ruling elites, and a sense of a loss of direction permeating all levels of Chinese society. The conditions for another Tiananmen may be there.

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Erdogan Visits Xinjiang

  • Fri, 04/13/2012 - 00:00

On April 8, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Xinjiang (East Turkestan), the ethnically Uyghur and Muslim region controlled by China.

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China’s Wen Jiabao: Taking it to the streets

  • Thu, 04/12/2012 - 21:21

The political brouhaha over Bo Xilai’s ouster as Chongqing Party Secretary continues to reverberate throughout China’s political system.

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China’s Future Political Ideology Being Examined in Beijing

  • Thu, 04/12/2012 - 21:19

The inauguration of the next generation of Chinese leaders this autumn will be the third time I have witnessed such a handover of national power in Beijing

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The Bo Xilai Sideshow

  • Thu, 04/12/2012 - 21:15

The dust hasn’t settled on the dramatic Bo Xilai affair in China. Indeed, it may never fully do so despite a report from Beijing that the

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High expectations for China's presumptive premier

  • Fri, 04/06/2012 - 21:33

If body language is a good gauge of political standing, Li Keqiang is looking very much like China's premier-in-waiting.

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Lies, damned lies, and Chinese propaganda

  • Wed, 04/04/2012 - 19:10

"Shocking, outrageous and totally unacceptable": That was how the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish human rights organization

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China seeks further engagement from Turkey in Xinjiang region

  • Tue, 04/03/2012 - 18:45

In a visible shift of policy in the last decade, the Chinese government has turned to Turkey to bolster its grip over

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How China Steals Our Secrets

  • Tue, 04/03/2012 - 18:45

FOR the last two months, senior government officials and private-sector experts have paraded before Congress and described in alarming terms a silent threat: cyberattacks carried out by foreign governments.

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Bo Xilai and the politics of Chinese succession

  • Fri, 03/30/2012 - 21:00

On March 15, the Chinese Communist Party announced the removal of Chongqing Party Chief Bo Xilai, a popular

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