Tag Archives: Communist-Party

Behind China’s ‘bamboo curtain’ is an amoebic God

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Venky

(This review of two books on China was published in DNA edition dated November 28, 2010.) Venky Vembu Prince Charles, whose own personality is far from sparkling, once described Chinese leaders as “appalling old waxworks”. The validity of that judgment … Continue reading →

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‘China’s political stability comes at the cost of freedoms’

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Venky

(This interview with veteran Chinawatcher Willy Wo-Lap Lam was published in DNA edition dated October 23, 2010.) Earlier this week, a secretive meeting of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Vice-president Xi Jinping to a senior military post. To analysts accustomed … Continue reading →

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