China links promotions to unrest control
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Local Chinese leaders will have a better chance of winning job promotions if they can limit social unrest in rural areas, state media on Sunday quoted a ruling Communist Party official as saying.
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The new China is driven by tensions between authoritarianism and something beyond.
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China's security chief has warned judicial departments to stand firm in face of what he described as "hostile forces" of reform, but also urged the judiciary to improve its handling of social unrest.
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Urged on by China's government and armed with credit from state-owned banks and stock market listings, many Chinese manufacturers are going global.
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China seeks to allay American fears over the participation of a communist-run state, insisting that it wants to be a partner that helps promote the peaceful use of space.
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China's arrest of a prominent rights campaigner is part of an increasing crackdown on critics that breaks promises it made to land the Olympics, said activists who called for world pressure on Beijing.
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BEIJING Sept. 20, 2004 - President Hu Jintao&#39;s new status as commander of China&#39;s military should strengthen efforts to fight corruption and control a surging economy, forcing resistant lower-level officials
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Beijing responds with a new campaign after at least eight recent violent incidents.
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China on Sunday announced rules   requiring foreign media to seek approval from the state news   agency Xinhua to distribute news, pictures and graphics   domestically.
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China faces calls to reassess its suppression of the 1989 student protests after purged leader Zhao Ziyang dies.
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China announced rules on Sunday  requiring foreign media to seek approval from its state news  agency to distribute news, pictures and graphics domestically,  and warned against reports that "endanger national security."
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China announces a campaign to stop rampant gambling, especially among government officials.
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The number and scale of protests have been rising because of conflicts between different interest groups in China's quasi market economy.
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HONGTONG, China  - China has promised a sweeping crackdown on a slave labor scandal in a poor part of the country where poverty and unbridled growth have made work abuses commonplace.
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China's leaders are displaying renewed confidence in their ability to control political debate, putting to a vote a toughly contested law on property rights at this year's session of the national legislature.
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China's rapid military expansion appears to be partly aimed at increasing its ability to handle regional crises, like conflicts over resources or territory, the Pentagon said in a report released on Friday.
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New rules come into force giving China more say over how Tibetan monks select their leader, the Dalai Lama.