China's Communist Party is at a fatal age for one-party regimes. How much longer can it survive?

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Liberalism is far from dead in China

Walk into the All Sages Bookstore in north-western Beijing, and you enter a different world. In “China as Number One: The Emerging Values of a Rising Power", a multi-author work published this year, John James Kennedy of the University of Kansas wrote that a poll in 2018—the latest in a series by an international project called the World Values Survey—suggested …

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2 months ago

Will China attempt economic revival markets seek post-COVID with multi-trillion-yuan initiatives?

Live Mint

China is expected to unveil significant economic measures Friday at the conclusion of the National People's Congress Standing Committee meeting, aiming to revive its struggling economy, AP reported. Analysts believe China may need substantial, multi-trillion-yuan initiatives to reinvigorate growth in the world’s second-largest economy, which has yet to recover fully from the COVID-19 pandemic. Any new spending or economic boost …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Deepening Reforms: A Roadmap for China's Modernization

China Daily

The central authorities have recently urged departments at all levels to put in place the systematic arrangements for further comprehensively deepening reform. The country has continuously gained impetus, activated vitality and rallied forces from all sectors of society through reforms, lifting its economic, scientific and technological, and overall national strength to a new level.

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2 months, 1 week ago

China's Reform and Opening-Up: A Journey to a Modernized Society

China Daily

The central authorities have recently urged departments at all levels to put in place the systematic arrangements for further comprehensively deepening reform. The country has continuously gained impetus, activated vitality and rallied forces from all sectors of society through reforms, lifting its economic, scientific and technological, and overall national strength to a new level.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Xi's Tight Grip on Legislature: A Legal Dance on the Brink of Economic Unrest

Live Mint

As China's lawmakers prepare to pass legislation on fiscal stimulus, the focus shifts towards ensuring the party's authority over all aspects of government and society. The legal language used in the proposed measures explicitly affirms the party's power, raising concerns about unpredictable policy swings and erosion of checks and balances.

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3 months ago

Xinhua Commentary: Celebrating 75th anniversary of people's republic, China more confident and tenacious in modernization cause

China Daily

An aerial photo taken on Oct 1, 2024 shows tourists visiting Xijie, an ancient street area, in Quanzhou, East China's Fujian province. BEIJING -- As people from all walks of life nationwide celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of New China, they embrace a brighter future thanks to the all-around progress of Chinese modernization. The strong confidence and firm conviction of …

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3 months, 1 week ago

China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger

Hindustan Times

BEIJING — China is marking the 75th year of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger over the massive state. China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} No festivities have been announced for the occasion Tuesday, save for a flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square. “We …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

People's congresses play vital role

China Daily

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY Since 2012 Chinese top leader Xi Jinping has reminded officials and other leaders of their noble beginnings while highlighting the importance of the "mass line". This trust stems in part from the remarkable achievements the government has already made, including lifting more than 800 million people out of poverty, eradicating extreme poverty, advancing regional equality, vitalizing the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Democratic system improving

China Daily

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China. For example, in March 2021, the Organization Law of the National People's Congress, which had been in use for nearly 40 years, was amended to affirm the leadership of the Party over the NPC and its Standing Committee. Alongside these changes, laws and rules such as the Legislation Law, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Democratic system improving

China Daily

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China. For example, in March 2021, the Organization Law of the National People's Congress, which had been in use for nearly 40 years, was amended to affirm the leadership of the Party over the NPC and its Standing Committee. Alongside these changes, laws and rules such as the Legislation Law, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Socialism gifts whole-process people's democracy

China Daily

A fundamental feature of China's political stability and economic development is its socialist system of governance marked by Chinese characteristics and the existence of three bottom-up and top-down feedback loops combining public administrators, experts in different fields and people's representatives from all walks of life. To understand China's unprecedented economic success, it is necessary to first understand the roles and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

China announces new retirement ages, plans to foster 'new culture of marriage and child-bearing'

ABC

China's government has confirmed it will soon begin raising the country's retirement age, which is currently among the youngest in the world's major economies. Beijing takes first steps to raise China's retirement age Photo shows elderly people dance outside In response to an aging population and growing pressure on pensions, the Chinese Communist Party plans to raise the statutory retirement …

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4 months, 1 week ago

People's congress system propels common development

China Daily

The year 2020 saw China make the greatest development achievement in human history by eradicating extreme poverty from the country — and realizing one of the most important goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years before schedule. In the past more than four decades, reform and opening-up, which includes governance reform and improving the people's …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

China's political system truly serves the people

China Daily

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of China's National People's Congress. The people's congress system is a key part of China's whole-process people's democracy, which differs in a number of respects with Western style democracy, especially in terms of its goals and decision-making. Whole-process people's democracy, as the term suggests, is focused on the …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

People's congress system a pillar of democracy

China Daily

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The people's congress system is the fundamental political system in China. Also, the people's congress system ensures the will of the people is translated into policies and laws, and legislative, supervisory and administrative powers are exercised only through a democratic political structure. The people's congress governance system is not a replication of the Western democracy model but …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

People's congress system a pillar of democracy

China Daily

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The people's congress system is the fundamental political system in China. Also, the people's congress system ensures the will of the people is translated into policies and laws, and legislative, supervisory and administrative powers are exercised only through a democratic political structure. The people's congress governance system is not a replication of the Western democracy model but …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

China's political system truly serves the people

China Daily

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of China's National People's Congress. The people's congress system is a key part of China's whole-process people's democracy, which differs in a number of respects with Western style democracy, especially in terms of its goals and decision-making. Whole-process people's democracy, as the term suggests, is focused on the …

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5 months ago

Steady as it goes

China Daily

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY No big bang, but clear commitment to further reform and opening-up in pursuit of modernization goals The global outlook for the next few years is full of risk and uncertainty, with some critical challenges including big power rivalry, technological transformation and climate change. International and domestic observers alike remember the signature importance of the third plenum of …

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5 months ago

Lead in digital sector — how cool is that for China!

China Daily

The milk is packaged automatically. As the economy is transitioning from a phase of rapid growth to a new phase of high-quality development, the country is shifting its focus to emerging industries, creating new business models and fostering new growth drivers in a bid to promote the development of productive forces featuring high technology, high performance and high quality. China …

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5 months ago

Lead in digital sector — how cool is that for China!

China Daily

By Ouyang Shijia | China Daily | Updated: 2024-08-05 09:15 The milk is packaged automatically. As the economy is transitioning from a phase of rapid growth to a new phase of high-quality development, the country is shifting its focus to emerging industries, creating new business models and fostering new growth drivers in a bid to promote the development of productive …

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5 months ago

Steady as it goes

China Daily

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY No big bang, but clear commitment to further reform and opening-up in pursuit of modernization goals The global outlook for the next few years is full of risk and uncertainty, with some critical challenges including big power rivalry, technological transformation and climate change. International and domestic observers alike remember the signature importance of the third plenum of …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Where Does China’s Economic Policy Go From Here?

The Diplomat

On April 30, China announced that it will host the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee in July. The main theme will be “comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization.” This meeting of the top governing body of the Chinese Communist Party is important, because it provides a plan and the big economic picture for the duration of …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

A strong guarantee is made to achieve national rejuvenation: China Daily editorial

China Daily

The third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded in Beijing on Thursday, having charted a new course for the nation's foreseeable future under the guidance of CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping. The approval of the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

China's economic vibrancy strengthens the global economy

China Daily

Lujiazui, the financial center in Shanghai, forms a perfect backdrop to the Bund area. These updates have provided a solid foundation for achieving China's anticipated economic targets within the current year, sending a strong signal for the international community that the stable and the long-term development trajectory of China's economy will not be changed. With the start of this year, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s Communist Party charts technology- and security-focused development for reviving the economy

Associated Press

BANGKOK — In a year of major elections that will determine the destinies of many countries, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding closed, top-level meetings in Beijing to set strategies for reviving its slowing economy. State broadcaster CCTV said the agenda for this year’s meetings is to study and endorse “all-around deepening reforms.” Nearly a half-century after the late leader …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Decision sets modernization course that will guide nation for years to come: China Daily editorial

China Daily

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China started its third plenary session in Beijing on Monday morning. That China's gross domestic product surged 5 percent year-on-year in the first half of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, should be taken as an encouraging sign that, despite the tremendous difficulties the country faces, under …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

China right to pursue its modernization path

China Daily

SHI YU/CHINA DAILY As the founding fathers of the United States declared, all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. …

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6 months ago

Post-communist generation is hoping for a new era of democracy in Mongolia

Associated Press

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, a young and newly minted member of Mongolia’s parliament, is unhappy with below-cost electricity rates that she says show her country has yet to fully shake off its socialist past. “It’s stuck in how it was like 40, 50 years ago,” said Tsenguun, part of a rising generation of leaders who are puzzling out their …

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6 months ago

Post-communist generation is hoping for a new era of democracy in Mongolia

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s stuck in how it was like 40, 50 …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Biggest election year in modern history: Will democracy prevail?

NPR

Biggest election year in modern history: Will democracy prevail? In this busy year of national elections around the world, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with election watchers from Ghana, Venezuela and Georgia about how democracy is being challenged where they are. SHAPIRO: Tamara Sartania is watching elections in Georgia's capital city, Tbilisi, Georgia. So Tamara Sartania, how do Georgia's parliamentary elections …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts' take on democracy

China Daily

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The complexities of a political system cannot be simplified By Liu Dongchao The political world seems to be caught in an intense debate on the forms and practices of democracy. Western-style democracy also manifests profound contradictions in its domestic and global practices, oscillating between democratic practices at home and autocratic acts internationally. The Communist Party of China's …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

China a true upholder of freedom

China Daily

XUEJING/CHINA DAILY Seoul will host the third Summit for Democracy, themed "Democracy for Future Generations", from Monday to Wednesday where political leaders, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and civil society and youth organizations from across the world are expected to participate. "Whole-process people's democracy" is a form of democracy which, despite being different from Western-style democracy, suits China's …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

China a true upholder of freedom

China Daily

XUEJING/CHINA DAILY Seoul will host the third Summit for Democracy, themed "Democracy for Future Generations", from Monday to Wednesday where political leaders, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and civil society and youth organizations from across the world are expected to participate. "Whole-process people's democracy" is a form of democracy which, despite being different from Western-style democracy, suits China's …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts' take on democracy

China Daily

The US Capitol building is seen in Washington, DC, on Nov 8,2022. In the interest of neoliberal democracy, the US has taken many anti-democratic actions, and triggered and/or fought wars, in order to engineer regime change in different countries. That expansive ideology behind protecting "democracy" in Ukraine began 10 years ago when the US supported a coup in that country …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

The complexities of a political system cannot be simplified

China Daily

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The political world seems to be caught in an intense debate on the forms and practices of democracy. Western-style democracy also manifests profound contradictions in its domestic and global practices, oscillating between democratic practices at home and autocratic acts internationally. The Communist Party of China's endorsement of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the emphasis on universal human …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts' take on democracy

China Daily

Editor's note: The so-called Summit for Democracy, being held in Seoul from Monday to Wednesday, will create divisions in the global community because, instead of advancing the principles of democracy and working for the emancipation of humankind, it aims to build power blocs against certain countries. XUEJING/CHINA DAILY China a true upholder of freedom By Muhammad Asif Noor Seoul will …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

The complexities of a political system cannot be simplified

China Daily

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The political world seems to be caught in an intense debate on the forms and practices of democracy. Western-style democracy also manifests profound contradictions in its domestic and global practices, oscillating between democratic practices at home and autocratic acts internationally. The Communist Party of China's endorsement of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the emphasis on universal human …

China Social Democracy Political Democratic Democratic Idolatry

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts' take on democracy

China Daily

Editor's note: The so-called Summit for Democracy, being held in Seoul from Monday to Wednesday, will create divisions in the global community because, instead of advancing the principles of democracy and working for the emancipation of humankind, it aims to build power blocs against certain countries. XUEJING/CHINA DAILY China a true upholder of freedom By Muhammad Asif Noor Seoul will …

Global China Democracy Governance World Western Countries

9 months, 3 weeks ago

View from the Himalayas | New coalition, old policy? How Nepal govt’s new parties must strike a balance in the region

Hindustan Times

Even for those following Nepal’s political developments closely, keeping track of splits, mergers, coalitions, and unifications of its numerous communist parties can seem arcane. In a flurry of events last week, the three communist parties came together in the ruling coalition, with Prime Minister Prachanda expelling the Nepali Congress, the largest party in the 275-member Parliament, from the government. The …

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10 months ago

China offers a better future to the world

China Daily

A view of Beijing's CBD area. China has replaced both the US and Europe as the dominant economic power and investment engine, generating economic growth across Africa and Latin America while its Belt and Road Initiative continues to build lasting, massive new infrastructure to help promote growth and prosperity across Asia. In the Middle East, we see an even more …

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10 months ago

Govt Work Report shows how China plans to leverage its advantages

China Daily

High-rises dominate the skyline on both sides of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. This year's blueprint is a plan for China to strengthen science and technology programs and to transform this massive emphasis on research and development into new industrialization policies to create a more efficient, high quality and green industrial base for the nation's future development, and that of …

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10 months ago

Govt Work Report shows how China plans to leverage its advantages

China Daily

High-rises dominate the skyline on both sides of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. This year's blueprint is a plan for China to strengthen science and technology programs and to transform this massive emphasis on research and development into new industrialization policies to create a more efficient, high quality and green industrial base for the nation's future development, and that of …

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11 months ago

Tracing thread of continuity in Chinese governance system

China Daily

Research on Chinese Governance System in Past Dynasties is highlighted as important research progress about modern Chinese civilization by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences at a news conference in Beijing on Jan 18. The results of their studies have been published in Research on Chinese Governance System in Past Dynasties, a book highlighted by CASS as an important research …

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11 months ago

Tracing thread of continuity in Chinese governance system

China Daily

Research on Chinese Governance System in Past Dynasties is highlighted as important research progress about modern Chinese civilization by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences at a news conference in Beijing on Jan 18. The results of their studies have been published in Research on Chinese Governance System in Past Dynasties, a book highlighted by CASS as an important research …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s leaders are less popular than they might think

Hindustan Times

CHINA’S LEADERS have no qualms about using intimidation and force to stay in power. “Such high approval ratings are beyond the wildest dreams of American politicians,” boasted Hua Chunying, a foreign-ministry spokeswoman, in 2020. So researchers at the University of Southern California tried to get around this problem by using a survey method called a “list experiment”. Those in the …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy

Associated Press

BEIJING — China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. The lower fertility rate, together with people living longer because of better health care, means China is slowly growing older, something that …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024. The year will test even the most robust democracies

Associated Press

LONDON — More than 50 countries that are home to half the planet’s population are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising the right to vote is not unalloyed good news. LEADERS LOOK TO TIGHTEN THEIR GRIPS Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the world’s longest-serving female leader, won a fourth successive term Monday in …

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1 year ago

China seeks better lives for the people

China Daily

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY The Communist Party of China has been pursuing modernization since its founding in 1921. Since then China's rapidly growing economy and comprehensive national strength have made great contributions to the development of Chinese modernization. Following the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, China's pursuit of Chinese modernization has become a strong driving force for global …

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China's Communist Party is at a fatal age for one-party regimes. How much longer can it survive?

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