Objectively speaking, the Chinese media as a whole have gained greater freedom and transparency in recent years to cover social disturbances and disasters. This

"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

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.

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

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

1.The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference’s role in decision-making A political organization operates in four areas – decision-making, im

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

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

Given the important transition of leadership that looms on the political horizon next year, perhaps Beijing’s elite believes it can leave nothing in the political sphere to chance. After all, historically, visible divisions in the leadership can lead to tests of tolerance of dissent in the streets.

China’s five-year work plan is striking for several reasons: the high degree of continuity from five years ago, the push by Beijing for Chinese companies to assert themselves globally, the strong hand of the state in areas of the economy considered integral to social stability, and the potential for serious debate over several of the redistributive aspects of the plan.