Tag: Communist Party
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China leaders consider internal democratic reform
Reuters: China leaders consider internal democratic reform (Reuters) – China's outgoing leader and his likely successor are pushing the ruling Communist Party to adopt a more democratic process this month for choosing a new leadership, sources said, in an attempt to boost its flagging legitimacy in the eyes of the public. The extent of the…
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The party goes on
The Economist: The party goes on Who, 20 years ago, would have thought that the Communist Party could come to this? WHEN the tanks departed Beijing after the crackdown of June 1989, no one with an interest in China thought the matter ended. The Chinese Communist Party had won its battle for survival, but the…