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Archive for 'Chinese Politics'

Another “Card” by the West/“Double Standard”-I/Is the Western Media Right?-IV

After the West failed to use its “currency card” to pressure the Chinese government to appreciate the Renminbi, the West began to use another card – the “human right card.” Since Liu Xiaobo received the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, almost all western media has begun to pressure Beijingto release Liu from imprisonment.  In pressuring China, [...]

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Rehabilitation of Hu Yaobang

The April 15 is the anniversary of the death of Hu Yaobang in 1989. Hu got heart attack which initiated on the student movement in Tiananmen Square. On 15 April 2010, Wen Jiabao published the long article in Renmin Ribao, praising Hu Yaobang’s work style for the people. As the secretary of the century office, [...]

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The Post 2012 Congress Struggle

The current Chinese leaders will change when the 2012 Party Congress holds in Beijing. Two groups: Princeling and Chinese Youth League (CYL), have displayed their fights for the 5th generation leadership in China. The Chinese Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai (son of Bo Yibo) in Chongqing has made the crackdown on gangs and corrupted police [...]

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No G4/G2-IX

In October, finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations held a meeting emphasizing the strong dollar. In the meeting, a G4 (Japan, China, EU, and the US) meeting was proposed by the US, according to the Japanese media. Last year, the White House began to propose the idea of G4, but EU has [...]

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Learning History-VI

On 10 October 2009, Turkey and Armenia normalized relations and sought reconciliation after nearly a century of bitterness over their bloody history. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton worked so hard behind the scene for this day.  Both Turkey and Armenia have been in dispute since the World War I massacres of Armenians under [...]

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Test Obama-VIII

As New York Times (24 September 2009) describes the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York, both China and the United States produce 40 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. In the climate summit, the world needs the leadership from China and the US. Hu Jintao, China’s President, offers that China would reduce [...]

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Trains Collide in China

On 29 June 2009, a train going from Changsha, Hunan Province (K9017) collided with the Shenzhen-bound train (K9063) at 2:34 in the predawn. The incident killed at least 3 people and injured an additional 60 passengers. The Japanese media (Kyodo News) reported that the train (K9017) had a special train which Jiang Zemin, former president [...]

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Zhao Ziyang’s Book

In June 2009, it is 20 anniversary of “June Fourth” movement. In May, the posthumous memoir of former head of the Chinese Communist Party Zhao Ziyang, Prisoner of the State, was published in the U.S. This book is based on Zhao’s 30 audiotapes which were recorded at his home from 1999 to 2000. One of [...]

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Hu vs. Wen?

Since the Lehman Brothers bankrupted on September 15, 2008, it seems that Chinese leaders have expressed different opinions about the recovery of the Chinese economy. According to the right-wing newspaper Sankei News in Japan, Wen Jiabao began to clash with Hu Jintao regarding economic stimulus plan. For instance, Primer Wen Jiabao went to Guangdong Province twice [...]

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