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China Reform Agency To Boost Xi Jinping's Personal Power

China's much-vaunted reform program is more likely to lead to a tightening of President Xi Jinping's grip on power in the coming year than to a more constitutional form of government or freer markets, analysts said. Xi told the nation in his New Year address via state media that the ruling Chinese Communist Party had  drawn a "grand blueprint for the country's future Development". Read more

China needs to change view of Tibet

The source of the problem in India-China relations is not Tibet. The problem is rooted essentially in how China perceives Tibet.

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For Prostitutes Jailed in China, Forced Labor With No Recourse

Bathed in the fluorescent pink light that signaled she was ready for business, the woman rattled off the occupational hazards of working as a prostitute in China: abusive clients, the specter of H.I.V. and the scathing glares of neighbors that tear at her soul. Read more

Alarmerende jordforurensning i Kina

Kinesiske forskere slår alarm: I deler av landet er jorda så forurenset av kjemikalier og giftstoffer at de ikke egner seg til jordbruk. De forgiftede arealene vokser år for år og tvinger de fastboende på flukt. Les mer

- Kinesiske verdier skal fremmes over hele verden

Kina må anstrenge seg for å fremme moderne kinesiske verdier over hele verden, sier president og partisjef Xi Jinping i sitt nyttårsbudskap. Han fremhever blant annet den "gode" kinesiske styreformen som et eksempel til etterfølgelse. Les mer

China-India Relations: Scenario 2014

China's power and influecnce is growing everywhere, also in the Indian oceam. How should India respond? Read more

The Sinocism China Newsletter, Jan 1, 2014

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The Chinese village with the secret to long life

Tourists paying homage to Bama's centenarians are bringing in millions. But the Guangxi county's success may be its undoing. Read more

Japan: land of the rising foreign relation tensions

Shinzo Abe's war shrine visit further strained ties with the US, South Korea and China. It will be a rocky 2014 in the Asia Pacific. Read more

China's military presence is growing. Does a superpower collision loom?

Generally speaking, Japanese bureaucrats are not much given to exaggeration. So when a senior government insider in Tokyo, speaking off the record, recently compared the deteriorating security situation in East Asia to Europe in the 1930s amid the rise of fascism, it was time to sit up and take notice. Read more