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Press Reviews
Press Reviews
From 2007 to 2018, and in 2021, the CEFC Research Assistants produced a regular review of the press covering news in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The news clippings below were collected from both Chinese and English newspapers and now constitute a useful and original resource for researchers.
28 November 2014
Keywords: Gao Yu, Ilham Tohti, anti-corruption, World Internet Conference, Taiwanese elections, Hong Kong politics.CHINA - POLITICS1. Veteran journalist Gao Yu stood trial in Beijing on Friday, affirmed innocence// [Gao’s] charges are believed to stem from allegations that she leaked “Document No. 9” to overseas Chinese-language magazine Mirror Monthly. The 70-year-old...
EN SAVOIR PLUS14 November 2014
Keywords: US Pivot, FTAAP, TPP, climate change, APEC, CY Leung, Benny Tai.CHINA - DIPLOMACY1. China promotes “Asia-Pacific Dream” to counter U.S. 'Pivot' to AsiaSketching out a new “Asia Pacific dream” with China at the center, Xi predicts $1.25 trillion outbound investment over the next 10 years during the APEC summit. // Speaking to executives at a CEO gathering in Beijing,...
EN SAVOIR PLUS1 November 2014
Keywords: Fourth plenum, PLA, anti-corruption probes, APEC summit, Occupy Central.CHINA - POLITICS1. Fourth Plenum and the rule of lawLaw professor Donald Clarke gave his view on his blog: // As expected, it offers more detail than did the Communiqué released earlier, but I don’t see anything here that would require a fundamental revision of the preliminary assessments that...
EN SAVOIR PLUS21 October 2014
Keywords: Fourth plenum, Chinese values, Occupy Central.CHINA - POLITICSChina’s Fourth Plenum “governing the country according to law”Rule of law elusive as Beijing adds topic to leaders’ agenda. // But although judicial independence is almost certainly off the table, some of the reforms being considered could be quite significant over the long-term. Legal scholars and Chinese...
EN SAVOIR PLUS9 October 2014
Keywords: Occupy Central, timeline, media, mainland coverage.OCCUPY - TIMELINEAugust 31: NPC rules out full democracy. The "widely-representative" nominating committee must be established in consistency with the size, composition and formation of the electoral committee that chose the previous CE in 2012.Candidates will need to secure support from at least 50% of members on a...
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