Mar 25, 2011
Hu Deping's latest book charts Hu Yaobang's intellectual legacy from the 1960s to the 1980s – and the decisive junctures in the debate over socialist p
Zheng Yongnian, Professor of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
Mar 25, 2011
This year marks the start of China’s 12th Five-Year Guideline period. How to start the year is of crucial importance, because it will set the direction of the
Zhao Dingxin, Professor, University of Chicago
Mar 24, 2011
Objectively speaking, the Chinese media as a whole have gained greater freedom and transparency in recent years to cover social disturbances and disasters. This
Mar 24, 2011
"LIBERTY means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." That's what George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), an Irish dramatist and socialist, said many year
Steven Hill, Senior Fellow, FairVote
Mar 23, 2011
Rapid change in China already has resulted in a battle of ideas pitting the coasts and cities against the countryside and inland provinces, and the rich against poor. Internal elections are increasingly seen by some as a healthy vehicle for airing these differences.
David Gosset, Founder, Euro-China Forum
Mar 22, 2011
All that is real is rational explained Hegel in the years following the French revolution, and he confidently added that whatever is rational is real. One can o
Wu Xiaobo, Columnist
Mar 21, 2011
The question of how to promote the reform has once again become a hot topic among government officials and ordinary people. Today, we must re-examine the term t
Li Changjian, Executive VP, CPPCC Theoretical Research Committee
Mar 21, 2011
1.The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference’s role in decision-making A political organization operates in four areas – decision-making, im
Jerome Cohen, Professor, NYU School of Law
Mar 21, 2011
To what extent should ordinary people decide the guilt and punishment of alleged criminals? Is criminal justice too serious to be left to career judges? Trial b
Mar 16, 2011
Since 2009, China has blocked Facebook, the world’s largest online social media network. This year, Renren, one of China’s largest social networks, plans to r