LLast month’s big-daddy trial of the once high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai has proven two things. One, the Chinese government seems keen to close the former Chongqing party boss’s embarrassing corruption-laden chapter before senior party leaders meet in November to discuss the new economic agenda. Two, Bo’s trial – which made global headlines — seems to be […]
India and China are neighbors with vexed relations. The most that can be said about them is that they share almost equal measures of mutual incomprehension. Read Here – The Diplomat
Beijing has offered little information about the investigation of several executives from China’s top oil producer, except to accuse them of “severe breaches of discipline,” a phrase often used to invoke bribery and corruption. But the focus on the oil industry itself and specific investigation of two of the four executives adds fuel to a growing sense that […]
China now has an emerging business class that wants to influence the debate on pollution, economic reform, U.S.-China relations, and broader political change. Read Here – BusinessWeek
Senior Party members will meet in November in Beijing to discuss deepening reforms, and experts said they expect the meeting to set China’s economic agenda. The decision to hold the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee was made at a meeting of the Party’s political bureau on Tuesday, which adopted plans for streamlining local government, and preventing and punishing corruption over the next four years. Read Here – China Daily
For siblings of China’s Bo Xilai, the dramatic trial they witnessed in the courtroom over the past week was probably a nightmarish déjà vu. Read Here –
Media home and abroad have hailed the openness and transparency showed by real-time online broadcasts and updates from Bo Xilai‘s trial in an east China court. The public also generally believe that this showcases the Communist Party of China‘s (CPC) resolve in combating corruption and that the move represents historic progress for the rule of law […]
WASHINGTON: The US-China rivalry is today’s defining geostrategic competition. Washington is currently the biggest kid on the block, and Beijing is the strapping new boy who just moved into the neighborhood. A rivalry was almost inevitable. And there’s growing evidence that the other kids on the street expect that one day there will be a […]
How big is the Chinese economy? Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country’s gross domestic product totaled $8.28 trillion last year. Perhaps. Christopher Balding, an associate professor at the HSBC Business School at Peking University, thinks it’s more than a trillion dollars smaller. Read Here – WorldAffairsJournal
If the Xi Jinping administration truly wants to address corruption, then China’s prostitution problem needs to be addressed as a part of the anti-graft campaign. In order to address this issue, local law enforcement urgently needs to be reformed. Authorities should not be incentivized to collect fees or fines from prostitutes to cover operational costs. […]
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