CHINA: NEWSMAKER-Luo Gan knows where China’s skeletons lie
BEIJING(Reuters) - If knowledge is power, then Luo Gan has the potential to be the mightiest man in China.
Washington Post: Mr. Jiang’s Bad Idea
CHINA'S COMMUNIST leadership has spent the past few days bombarding the country's long-suffering population, and anyone in the outside world who will listen, with skull-numbing speeches about the supposed philosophical breakthrough of President Jiang Zemin.
Globe and Mail: The yin and yang of Jiang Zemin’s rule was good for China, but it was not so good for the Chinese
Jiang Zemin has never been famous for his modesty. But in his farewell speech to his party comrades last Friday, when he reviewed his 13 years at the helm of China's ruling Communist Party, his rhetoric was particularly florid.
Sydney Morning Herald: Long Live The Entrepreneurs
China's roaring industrial economy, its burgeoning consumer class, and greater individual freedoms of movement, for example, now present an undeniable veneer of openness. However, dissent continues to be swiftly crushed as the recent brutal crackdowns on the Falun Gong attest.
Associated Press: ANALYSIS: False face on China’s Communist congress
News reports on the congress by Canadian, German, Finnish and Hong Kong television agencies, all intended for home audiences, were blocked as they were beamed out of China, reporters said. The footage showed protests in Tibet, practitioners of the Falun Gong and other politically sensitive material.
