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China Brief - The Jamestown Foundation 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

The Washington Quarterly - Home Page The South China Sea: Oil, Maritime Claims, and US-China Strategic Rivalry Leszek Buszynski, Spring 2012 Reassessing the All-Volunteer Force Karl W. Eikenberry, Winter 2013 China's Free Trade Agreement Strategies Guoyou Song and Wen Jin Yuan, Fall 2012 Rebalancing to Asia with an Insecure China Ely Ratner, Spring 2013 The Pakistan Thorn in China-India-U.S. How to Deter Terrorism Matthew Kroenig and Barry Pavel, Spring 2012 Russian Foreign Policy: Continuity in Change Andrew C. Why China Will Democratize Yu Liu and Dingding Chen, Winter 2012 China's Geostrategic Search for Oil John Lee, Summer 2012 Keeping Hamas and Hezbollah Out of a War with Iran Rafael D.

China and the US F-16 upgrade sale to Taiwan Author: Sheryn Lee, ANU The US confirmed last month that it will uphold a commitment to refurbish Taiwan’s aging F-16A/B jet fighter fleet in a US$5.85 billion arms package. This has once again sparked debate about whether Washington’s continued arms sales to Taipei serve the region’s interests in maintaining the cross-Strait status quo. Supporters of the weapons sales argue that they are imperative to ensuring Taiwan retains a self-defence capability. Supporters equally do not see the sales as heightening military competition across the Taiwan Strait, as the rapid relative growth of Chinese power already means the military balance has swung in favour of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). But those opposed to the arms sales say that these actions have unnecessarily increased tensions between Washington and Beijing at an already sensitive time in Sino–US relations. The US’ credibility in providing security and stability is also at stake. Sheryn Lee is a T.B.

China: An International Journal The Foreigner in Formosa Admittedly the competition is stiff, but Joe Hung goes full Goebbels with his latest screed on March 24th's government eviction of student protesters from Taiwan's Executive Building. Claims Joe about Ma Ying-jeou's bloody crackdown: "The force used to expel the Black Island Nation Youth Front mob wasn't violent at all." [Emphasis added] Refutation comes from the equivalent of a thousand words: (Image from 4am.tw) No violence, you say, Joe? Or maybe it's spontaneous hemorrhaging. Or, when in doubt, why not return to one of Joe Hung's pet tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories? Oh, the lengths these sneaky devils go to! The China Post's Joe Hung begins his latest column by informing his readers of the meaning of "grandiosity". Instead, he might have been better served looking up the definition of violence, in order to avoid making a complete ass of himself. Postscript: Heh. But this is Joe Hung we're talking about, so standards of good journalism don't really apply.

Asian Survey Frozen Garlic 胡润百富 — hurun.net (11 September 2013, China World Summit Wing, Beijing) The Hurun Research Institute today released the Hurun Rich List 2013, the 15th annual ranking of the 1000 richest individuals in China. Real estate tycoon Wang Jianlin, 59, is the richest man in China with personal fortune doubling to US$22bn, surpassing last year’s Number One Zong Qinghou, despite Zong’s wealth growing 50%. The Hurun Rich List 2013 is sponsored by Hainan Clearwater Bay of Agile for the fifth year running. 2011 Clear Water Bay and Hurun Report website/network usage method: In the following input list box, enter your desired search terms, for example: if you want to search for the millionaire with the surname “Liang”, please input “Liang” in the input box for names, the list will automatically display all the names containing “Liang”.

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