China Brief. Old Wine in an Ancient Bottle: Changes in Chinese State Ideology March 20, 2014 Only a year since assuming the top Party post in November 2012, Xi Jinping has emerged as the strongest Chinese leader in decades. His sweeping anti-corruption and mass line campaigns have shaken the bureaucracy, consolidated his... Category: China Brief, Home Page, China and the Asia-Pacific, China, Domestic/Social, Elite Fleshing out the Third Plenum: the Direction of China’s Legal Reform Since the Third Plenum in November of last year, a couple of interesting documents have appeared that have begun to add meat to the Plenum’s bare bones recommendations for reforming China’s legal system. Category: China Brief, Home Page, Domestic/Social, China and the Asia-Pacific, China The Military Dimensions of NPC 2014 On March 4, Premier Li Keqiang delivered the annual Report on the Work of the Government to the National People’s Congress (NPC).
Symbolism over Substance: Sochi Showcases China-Russia Pragmatic Partnership. Project Syndicate Asia. AsiaPortal. China Real Time Report. East Asia Forum China. Author: Kam Wing Chan, University of Washington After more than a decade of mostly empty talk, China has finally announced a bold move to grant urban residential registration — known as hukou — status to 100 million people by 2020. The target is a major component of China’s new urbanisation plan, which represents a significant commitment towards achieving genuine urbanisation.
Read more… Author: Tobias Harris, Teneo Intelligence President Barack Obama’s state visit to Japan on 23–25 April comes at a fraught moment for the US–Japan relationship. The cautious US response first to China’s declaration of an air defence identification zone in November and then to Russia’s annexation of Crimea have Japanese elites concerned about what the US would do if China were to seize the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. Read more… Author: Adam P. For decades, China has been Myanmar’s principal international partner. Author: Christopher Ward, 12th Floor Chambers and ANU Author: Daniel K. Reuters China. Guardian China. Readings | Sinocism. Xi Jinping’s campaigns are different than those of his predecessor. The latest example is the “Cleaning the Web 2014″ campaign against indecent material. These cleanup campaigns are an annual event that, after a period of noise and naming and shaming, have historically faded away without putting a dent in the huge of amount of lewd content on the Chinese Internet.
Yesterday the campaign claimed an Internet tiger. Sina, one of the country’s top portals, got the full propaganda treatment as the government announced that it was revoking two key licenses and detaining employees for further investigation because of lewd content found on the site. The Thursday CCTV Evening News and page one of the Friday edition of People’s Daily publicized the decision. Sina, which between its news site and Weibo service has a long history of figuring out how to work with the regulators, appears to have assumed this year’s campaign would be similar to the previous ones.
Today’s Links: U.S. EpochTImes. CDT Politics. Politics - China - Xinhua | English.news.cn. Caixin Politics & Law_英文频道. WantChinaTimes Politics. South China Morning Post. Pilots reveal death-defying ordeal as engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok When both of Flight CX780’s engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok, tragedy looked certain to its pilots, who hadn’t trained for such an emergency. However, outstanding airmanship led to a safe – if not smooth – landing for the 322 people on board. Now, for the first time, the unsung fliers talk publicly about their death-defying ordeal, Simon Parry reports.
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