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• Universal values in China: a domestic debate
• In defense of Ding Gang
• China and Japan's emerging interdependence
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• Policy experimentation in China's economic rise
• The origins of China's distinctive policy process
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Press freedom contradictions and the trend towards transparency
While globalization's effects on the international media are certainly not new, 2008 has so far seen a dramatic increase in interaction between the Chinese and Western media. The Chinese are paying closer attention to the Western press than ever before and realizing that lack of government control does not mean it is always fair and balanced. And the West has also begun to read and comment on the Chinese press, though usually sticking to the official media, which only reinforces long-held assumptions about the state of journalism in China. The controversy following the Lhasa riots and the international leg of the torch relay highlights both trends. ...
• Wen Jiabao pledges to protect foreign media's rights
• Xinhua's measures won't lead to monopoly
• Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies
• Chinese gov'ts 'serve the media, not manage them'
• China's website crusade against western 'media bias'
Officials admit grievances existed before violent protest in China's Guizhou  (Corruption )
Next test for Beijing: Grain prices; INSIDE THE MARKETS  (Economy)
Pan-democrats seek 10-year return permits  (Civil Society)
Tourists ready for their historic trip to Taiwan  (Taiwan)
Add locusts to China's list of calamities  (Social & Political Stability)
Officials admit existence of grievances before violent protest in SW China  (Social & Political Stability)
Get to the root cause  (Social & Political Stability)
Sarkozy not welcome at Olympics, say China media  (Olympic Games)
Chinese bloggers scale the 'Great Firewall' in riot's aftermath  (Media)
Floods leave 252 dead, 64 missing  (Social Welfare)
Internet viewed as new channel to democracy  (Media)
China commends media for timely, transparent quake coverage  (Media)
• China and Japan's emerging interdependence
• One China?
• After revolutionary openness China rolls back media freedoms
• Universal values in China: a domestic debate
• Can cross-Strait relations defy realism?
• Does China like Obama?
• “Chinese-style” democracy or a democracy of universal values?
• Who will maintain peaceful cross-Strait relations?
• "The Obama Phenomenon" according to China
• Press freedom contradictions and the trend towards transparency
• In defense of Ding Gang
• Morality check: the “running teacher” and public values in China
• Hu & Wen on democracy (中文)
• Western democracy vs Chinese democracy ( 中文）
• Xi Jinping & Zhejiang ( 中文）
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