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The New Members of China’s Ruling Body - Graphic. The job titles of other incoming leaders have not yet been announced.

The New Members of China’s Ruling Body - Graphic

Enjoys Hollywood films, including “The Godfather.” Leading an overseas expansion of China's state-owned media. Spent his early career working in the oil industry. His brother defected to the United States in 1985. Obtained a degree in economics from Kim Il Sung University in North Korea. A “wicked sense of humor,” says Henry Paulson, former treasury secretary. As a student, was close to democracy advocates. Mr. A hard-line ideologue. Low profile, but has demonstrated a pro-market orientation based on his experience in developed coastal regions. Pushed for reforms in urban development and the private sector during his time in Qingdao and Hubei.

Trusted by top party figures, in contrast to Bo Xilai, the disgraced populist he replaced in Chongqing. Liked by reform- minded Chinese and foreign financiers for his straight talk and openness to liberalizing China’s financial system. A protégé of Hu Jintao. Executive Vice Prime Minister. The Politburo’s Growing Number of Influential Leaders - Interactive Feature.

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News. China Media Project. List of websites blocked in the People's Republic of China. More than 2,701 websites are or were blocked in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) under the country's policy of Internet censorship.[1] This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites.

List of websites blocked in the People's Republic of China

This page does not apply to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, where most of the Chinese laws do not apply. According to a recent report from Beijing, a lot of larger Japanese websites were blocked during the afternoon of 15 June 2012 (UTC+08:00) to the morning of 17 June 2012 (UTC+08:00), such as Google Japan, Yahoo! Japan, Amazon Japan, Excite, Yomiuri Shimbun, Sponichi, and Nikkei Business Publications. Also note that many of the sites listed may be occasionally or even regularly available, depending on the access location or current events. Table of high-ranking websites blocked in mainland China[edit] Wikipedia[edit] Occasionally pages on Wikipedia, particularly the Chinese-language version, have been blocked in the past. See also[edit] References[edit] China News, Current Events & Headlines - China Digital Times (CDT) - Circumvent GFW.

Visualising China: explore historical photos of China. Urbanization. Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners. China Resources Page. <p><span>If you can see this line, then JavaScript is turned off on your machine and you will not be able to use some features of this site.

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Please click <a href=".. /securitywarning.html">here</a> for more information. </span></p> The linked pages have been prepared for use in classes relating to China and may be assigned for direct use on-line if desired. Some are reference materials — maps, charts, &c. or brief essays. Unless otherwise indicated, these materials were all written by me and may be freely used by teachers and students without additional permission. Click here for a technical note about displaying tone-marked letters and Chinese characters and test page to check your browser's present capabilities. Organization of This Page Other Pages of Links on this Site 1. Historical Texts for Class Discussion Sīmǎ Qiān: The First Emperor of Qín (Qín Shǐ Huángdì 司马迁秦始皇帝) (Anonymous Translation. 2. 3.

Confucian & Philosophical Documents for Class Discussion 4. 5. 6. 7. Return to top.