HUMAN RIGHTS. Articles. News. Collapse is coming and GS rules the world. Progressive News. New York City. News And Views Of The Day. China. China. China Watch. China. CHINA. China. China Sites. China’s Internet Censors Take Break During Party Infighting. By Matthew RobertsonEpoch Times Staff Created: March 23, 2012 Last Updated: April 1, 2012 Chinese netizens play online games at an internet cafe in Beijing on February 27, 2010.
Recently, politically sensitive terms normally censored from search results suddenly returned links to taboo websites that were blocked in China just the day before. (Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images) Something funny is going on with China’s Internet. Politically sensitive terms normally censored from search results suddenly returned links to taboo websites that were blocked in China just the day before. Most prominently, searches for terms related to the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre and the Falun Gong spiritual practice were recently searchable. Opposing Jiang is self-styled reformer Wen Jiabao, right-hand man to current Party chief and ally Hu Jintao. Bo Xilai was also a Jiang stalwart. The term “June 4” in Chinese was briefly unblocked on Baidu, China’s main search engine, on March 21. Chinese Internet Allows Searches for ‘Live [Organ] Harvest’ By Matthew RobertsonEpoch Times Staff Created: March 26, 2012 Last Updated: April 3, 2012 A screenshot of the first result listed on Baidu, China's main search portal, when searching for the terms "Wang Lijun live harvest.
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" (The Epoch Times) In the latest bout of oddness to come over the Chinese Internet’s notoriously strict censorship, searches for terms related to live organ harvesting have recently been unblocked on several major Internet portals. ‘June 4 Massacre’ Internet Ban Partly Lifted in China. By Rona Rui & Ma YouzhiEpoch Times Staff Created: March 27, 2012 Last Updated: June 16, 2012 China’s Internet censorship has mysteriously been relaxed lately.
A number of tightly censored terms and web sites, including “June 4,” were temporarily visible on China’s web browsers, following the high-profile ouster of Bo Xilai and an apparent shakeup in the Chinese regime’s top leadership. Chinese democracy activists are watching the developments as the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre approaches. With the firewall partially unblocked beginning March 20, Chinese netizens were able to google reports on the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square student massacre on Baidu during the next two days. China Media. Beijing Power Struggle Heralds End of Chinese Communist Party.
A new day arrives in China.
(Photos.com) When Chongqing’s former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life on Feb. 6 to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu, and Chongqing’s Communist Party chief Bo Xilai pursued him with 70 police cars and armored vehicles, the first sign appeared of a power struggle breaking out at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The world has since been offered a glimpse at how the CCP’s leadership operates behind closed doors. The world has also been given the opportunity to understand how the massive and powerful CCP organ called the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) has violated the laws that it is charged with enforcing. There is no way for Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao to prevent the CCP from ending.
Greg Autry: Chinese Regime Infighting May Prefigure Soviet Style Collapse. By Jenny LiuEpoch Times Staff Created: March 27, 2012 Last Updated: April 3, 2012 Greg Autry, China scholar and co-author for "Death by China," speaks to an audience.
Power Struggle Grips Chinese Regime: Timeline. Visit our new INTERACTIVE TIMELINE.
This article covers events only until April 18, 2012; please see the interactive timeline for updates. Zhou Yongkang walking the plank, with Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun below (Illustration) As events swiftly unfold in the power struggle among members of highest echelons of the Chinese Communist Party, here we list the key moments so far. The Idea of ‘Naked Officials’ Becomes Accepted Among Cadre Corps. By Li XiaoyuEpoch Times Staff Created: March 13, 2012 Last Updated: June 11, 2012 A high-profile official publication recently noted that almost half of all civil servants give the green light to the idea of a “naked official,” that is, a cadre who moves his spouse, children and assets abroad.
The affirmative vote was reported in the recent Blue Book on the rule of law in China published by the legal branch of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on Feb. 20. It revealed that most officials believe that their spouses and children “should be able to have” permanent residence or citizenship in foreign countries. Among the interviewees, nearly 75 percent of higher-ranking officials who are above the level of departmental head agree with the “naked official” principle, which has been allowed to be discussed in the Chinese official media since about 2008.
Major Players in Beijing Power Struggle. Editor’s Note: When Chongqing’s former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life to the U.S.
Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, he set in motion a political storm that has not subsided. The battle behind the scenes turns on what stance officials take toward the persecution of Falun Gong. The faction with bloody hands-the officials former CCP head Jiang Zemin promoted in order to carry out the persecution-is seeking to avoid accountability for their crimes and to continue the campaign. Who is Zhou Yongkang? By Angela WangEpoch Times Staff Created: March 26, 2012 Last Updated: April 3, 2012 Zhou Yongkang.
(Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images) Before entering the world of politics, Zhou Yongkang (b. 1942) worked in the oil fields for almost 30 years. Bo Xilai’s Ambition to Rule. By Angela WangEpoch Times Staff Created: March 26, 2012 Last Updated: April 3, 2012 Bo Xilai.
(Feng Li/Getty Images) In the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), family ties count. Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, and Wang Lijun Walk the Plank (Illustration) Purge of Bo Xilai’s Chongqing Cronies Underway. Bo Xilai on March 13 in Beijing, China, two days before he was replaced as the Chinese Communist Party's Chongqing Municipality Secretary. Politburo member Zhang Dejiang will be assuming the post. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Regime Mouthpiece Reveals Confusion Over Chinese Leadership. By Matthew LittleEpoch Times Staff Created: March 22, 2012 Last Updated: April 3, 2012. The Modern ‘Games’ of China (Illustration) By Jeff NenarellaEpoch Times Staff Created: March 23, 2012 Last Updated: April 19, 2012 The Beijing Olympics are four years gone, yet a variety of curious ‘games’ continue to play out in China. Here we explore some of them. Infighting Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai are key players on one ‘team’ in a game has seen a recent surge in popularity as rival factions within the Chinese Communist Party duke it out, possibly going as far as attempting a Beijing coup, according to the social media rumor mill.
Persecution of Falun Gong Complicates Beijing Power Struggle. By Liu XiaoEpoch Times Staff Created: March 22, 2012 Last Updated: April 15, 2012 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during a news conference following the close of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at The Great Hall Of The People on March 14 in Beijing, China. In his remarks, Wen harshly criticized Bo Xilai, who was arrested the next day.
(Feng Li/Getty Images) The Wang Lijun/Bo Xilai scandal has ripped open the curtain of secrecy and silence that generally surrounds Chinese leaders. What makes the present political struggle at Zhongnanhai so intense, complex, and hard to resolve during this extra-sensitive year of power change is the deep involvement by some of the top Chinese leaders in the Falun Gong persecution. Wang Lijun, former deputy Mayor and chief of police of Chongqing, fled to the U.S. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders belonging to different factions have been busy taking actions to secure their power positions.
FalunDafaIndia. (English). For subtitles in other languages click Please help by translating the lyrics to additional languages. Rewarded for Torture: The Rise of Bo Xilai in China. China’s Secret Detention Law Meant to Frighten Citizenry, Critics Contend. Chinese Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Alive. By Matthew RobertsonEpoch Times Staff Created: March 27, 2012 Last Updated: April 5, 2012 Gao Zhisheng. Chinese Communist Party’s Control Over Law Enforcement Under Fire. By Charlotte Cuthbertson and Jane LinEpoch Times Staff Created: March 27, 2012 Last Updated: April 3, 2012 A squad of Chinese special police gather during a demonstration of their skills in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province on March 11.
China will spend US$111.6 billion on its police forces in 2012, the regime said as it focuses on quelling rising social unrest ahead of a 10-yearly leadership change.