Elite China think-tank issues political reform blueprint
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China risks dangerous instability unless it embraces democratic reforms to limit the power of the ruling Communist Party, foster competitive voting and rein in censors, the Party's top think-tank has warned in a new report.
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China's ruling Communist Party unveiled on Monday a new leadership line-up, including two men likely to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
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BEIJING - The Chinese Communist Party said yesterday that three of its most powerful leaders were retiring, opening the way for a new generation including the eventual successor of President Hu Jintao as head of the world's most populous nation. The announcement marked the latest step in a carefully orchestrated sequence of decisions at the party's weeklong 17th National Congress, ...
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China&#39;s Finance Minister Jin Renqing has quit and been demoted to a think tank, a government spokesman said Thursday, amid reports he was sacked for his role in a sex scandal.
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China's ruling party leadership were locked in a much-anticipated meeting in Beijing amid an apparent power struggle at the heart of the 68-million-member organization.
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By CHARLES HUTZLER  BEIJING - A group of Chinese scholars and retired officials has petitioned China's legislature to halt the privatization of state companies, arguing it has widened the country's income gap and fueled social unrest, a petitioner said Tuesday.
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China must pursue democratic reforms to defuse economic and social imbalances threatening the country's stability, a former editor of the People's Daily said in a rare open call for political reform.
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Introduction of new members Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, representing different backgrounds and tendencies, suggests future top leadership.
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Chinese Communist leaders are to hold a key meeting amid fears that corruption is undermining their rule.
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By CHARLES HUTZLER  BEIJING - Chinese lawmakers formally introduced a hotly debated law to protect private property Thursday, saying that personal wealth in an increasingly prosperous China requires legal safeguards.
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China replaced its finance minister Thursday amid reports he was involved in a sex scandal and also named a new chief of secret police. The reshuffle appeared aimed at putting President Hu Jintao's allies in key positions before a Communist Party meeting that will set policies for the next five years.
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China's ruling Communist Party unveiled  a new leadership line-up on Monday, including two men  positioned to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and  government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
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BEIJING - China&#39;s top communist leaders met behind closed doors yesterday for a key meeting aimed at shoring up its &#39;ruling capacity&#39; amid swirling rumours of the possible retirement of ageing strongman Jiang Zemin.
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A Washington, D.C., think tank has launched a cybersecurity commission full of top experts in the field, with the goal of creating a list of recommendations for the next U.S. president.
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Political reforms have been sacrificed in China as leaders in Beijing trumpet their &quot;stability above all&quot; policy, President Chen Shui-bian (é³æ°´æ) said in a statement yesterday.
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China is to introduce jury trials next year as part of reforms to its legal system, state media reports.
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Reforms of the IMF's voting and financial structures give China and other emerging economies more influence.