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~ 2006 ; 2007-2008
China Accelerates Filling Up
Its Oil Reserves
(Wall Street Journal, Jan. 5, 2009) China
recently completed construction of four oil-reserve bases -- together
representing the first phase of its strategic oil-reserve plan. Those bases
can hold 102 million barrels of crude oil, and China is now pushing ahead with
the construction of the second phase.
Hu Jintao Picks Core
Sixth-Generation Leaders By Willy Lam
(China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, May 15, 2009)
It is obvious that President Hu, a one-time CYL boss who heads the CCP’s
powerful tuanpai (CYL Faction), has played a pivotal role in the elevation of
these forty-something neophytes.
Secret Memoir Offers Look
Inside China’s Politics By Erik Eckholm
(New York Times, May 15, 2009) Zhao Ziyang, who
was ousted as Communist Party chief in 1989, left behind a first-person
account of China
in crisis.
CCPLA: Tightening the CCP’s
Rule Over Law By Willy Lam
(China
Brief, Jamestown Foundation, Apr. 2, 2009) Beijing is beefing up
its control apparatus to counter unprecedented challenges to the Chinese
Communist Party administration this year.
Mixed Signals from 11th
National People’s Congress By Willy Lam
(China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, Mar. 18,
2009) The clout of the military and security forces, Beijing’s most reliable
weapon for muzzling dissent, has expanded. This has fed speculation that the
People’s Liberation Army will be getting even more resources for the
modernization of weaponry.
News Media Run by China Look
Abroad for Growth By David Barboza (New York Times, Jan. 15, 2009) China’s biggest
state-controlled news organizations plan to spend billions of dollars to
expand overseas as part of a government effort to improve the nation’s image
abroad and to create respected international news organizations.
China Braces for a Turbulent
2009
(The Age, Jan. 3, 2009) Is it time to dust off
predictions of the downfall of the Chinese Communist Party? No. But it could
easily be the most difficult year since the Tiananmen "incident" of
1989.
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