Democracy the ultimate solution to China’s problems
Democracy is the ultimate solution to many of Beijing’s problems, argues Zheng Wang, the Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Seton Hall University a Global Fellow… Read more »
Category: Communist regimes
China’s system ‘not as stable as it seems’?
Over the weekend, thousands of residents of Boluo County, Guangdong took to the streets to protest a planned garbage incinerator, Chris Buckley at the New York Times reports: A street… Read more »
Guo Feixiong case a ‘dark verdict on China’s future’
Dissident writer and human rights legal activist Guo Feixiong (left), was detained in August of 2013, formally arrested two months later for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place,” and… Read more »
Vietnam’s pivot: netizens demand ‘right to know’
Bloggers across Vietnam launched an online campaign Tuesday demanding that their authoritarian government keep the people closely informed about national and foreign policies, including its dealings with giant neighbor… Read more »