Tag Archives: reform

Xi Jinping does his own Southern Tour

Posted on 2012-12-12 by Barry van Wyk

The message today is loud and clear – “No halt in opening up, no stopping reform”: 北京日报 东莞时报 晶报 南方日报 青年报 人民日报 深圳晚报 信息时报 中国青年报 China’s newspapers today are in a festive mood because China is forging ahead with reform, … Continue reading →

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Wen Jiabao’s Shenzhen speech and political reform in China

Posted on 2010-09-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A podcast about the implications for political reform of Premier Wen Jiabao’s speech in Shenzhen.

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New evidence rules in death penalty cases

Posted on 2010-05-31 by Alice Xin Liu

The Beijing News today reports that China’s women soccer and table tennis teams have lost championship titles, it also slapped the bold headline “6 types of evidence that cannot be used for deciding the death penalty” on the front page. Sunday saw two regulations issued in relation to the death penalty, both disallowing illegal means to garner confessions

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Group sex and the Cultural Revolution – a translation

Posted on 2010-05-23 by Julian

Li Yinhe leading the charge (Wikipedia) In her latest blog post, sexologist and activist Li Yinhe writes that the crime of “group licentiousness” is the last draconian law left over from the Cultural Revolution. The posting protests the recent decision … Continue reading →

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Richard Burger on being a foreign editor at the Global Times

Posted on 2009-05-08 by Alice Xin Liu

Burger answers questions about the foreign editor’s role, what his daily routine is, the openness of the Global Times and their latest center spread. .

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Skirting the law in China’s private enterprise reform

Posted on 2006-05-30 by Joel Martinsen

An essay by Wu Xiaobo (吴晓波), ‘Reform Begins with Transgression’ (改革从违法开始), about how early Chinese private enterprise dealt with a vague legal framework.

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