Political reform necessary as secretive highest levels of China dictatorship in power struggle

Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

China’s leadership change is disturbing the corridors of power

The Christian Science Monitor

As China-watchers worldwide debate whether the new Communist Party leaders here will be able to push through the sort of political and economic changes that almost everyone agrees the country needs, a little noticed but possibly revolutionary reform appears to already be underway. Officials and experts.

Chen Guangcheng is back in the news and it doesn’t bode well

by Benjamin Carlson in Hong Kong€”

The blind activist lawyer’s nephew was tried and convicted in an unusually hurried fashion. Not good news for human rights in China. It’s been a dismal month for the rule of law in China. On Friday, Chen Kegui, the nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng. China defended its human rights record Monday after the United States slammed Beijing for the jailing of the nephew of blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng and voiced concerns over its policy in Tibet. Chen, who was imprisoned after exposing abuses under China’s “one child” population control policy.