Institutions of Democratic Governance

Dissident Fang Jue on the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the 16th Communist Party Congress: Accelerating China's Development, Reform, and Opening (remarks in Chinese)
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Corruption Expert Asks: Can an Inheritance Tax be a Weapon against Corruption?
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CASS Scholar Yu Jianrong on Shift in Focus of Peasant Activism from Taxes to Property Rights
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Xinhua Reports that the Chinese Supreme Court is Emphasizing the Connection between Financial Fraud and Official Corruption (story in Chinese)
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Xinhua Editorial Emphasizes the Press Must be Allowed to Supervise the Party, Provided it Does so for the Benefit of the Party (story in Chinese)
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China Youth Daily Questions High Cost of PLA Commemoration in Poor City (subscription-only)
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Guardian Reports that Beijing Plans to Trim its Olympic Excesses
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Communist Party's September Plenum to Focus on Internal Reform, but not Political Reform (subscription-only)
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Guangdong Farmers Clash With Police, Take Official Hostage
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15 Years After Tiananmen: Is Democracy in China's Future?
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