As Chinese leaders prepare to celebrate the Chinese Communist Party’s 90th birthday this Friday, they are deeply aware that they now confront a difficult balancing act in their response to rising inflation, writes Karen Maley.
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China’s crackdown driven by economic stresses and an emboldened Left
China’s crackdown on dissent is only the culmination of a wave of repression by a government facing growing economic discontent.
Chinese censors pull the plug on Avatar
Hollywood may love it, but the Chinese don’t. The Chinese government has decided to stop screening Avatar on the advice of the censors, who say that it may cause unrest, explains Peter Craven.
VIDEO: China’s parade in time lapse
The Guardian’s video is a beautiful slow-mo, fast-mo overview of China’s 60th anniversary parade. It’s a tribute to awe-inspiring precision. We prefer giant butterflies at the end to the tanks at the start.
The man who controls Xinjiang
Communist Party Secretary Wang Lequan has run Xinjiang for 15 years with iron fist and velvet glove. He’s helped keep ethnic tensions under control by “subsuming Uighurs into a greater China”. Can it keep working?
Crossing the Floor with Bernard Keane: The week of yellow peril
This week, Australian politics was overshadowed by the sinister spectre of Chinese communism.
The Coalition’s shameful Red Scare campaign
The Coalition is now in the throes of the biggest Red scare since the 1950s, writes Bernard Keane.
Time to stop China digging all the way to Australia’s assets
Why on earth should Kevin Rudd allow the Chinese Government to become the biggest shareholder in Rio Tinto, which owns more than $100 billion worth of Australian resource assets? Stephen Mayne looks at the implications of the potential acquisition.
