AUTHOR'S BIO
Bao Tong
Bao Tong, former Director of the Office of Political Reform of the CCP Central Committee, was Secretary to Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the State Council, from 1980 to 1985.
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Remembering Zhao Ziyang
Bao Tong Series: China World 2005-01-17The conditions under which Zhao Ziyang lived at the time of his death, in utter isolation from Chinese society due to an illegally imposed 16-year house arrest, shames both Chinese justice and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 23128
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China's Democratic Sham
Bao Tong Series: China World 2002-11-07China is notoriously secretive; its government mechanics inscrutable. The constitution says that power belongs to the people, but in reality the rights of the people belong to the Communist Party and its leaders, from whom workers and peasants receive scant attention. The CCP claims to have delivered a democratic revolution, but the country remains one of the world's most undemocratic. So irreconcilable are these paradoxes that the 16th Party Congress that will convene next week cannot hope but to show itself as a democratic sham. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 16741
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The Three Mis-Represents
Bao Tong Series: China World 2002-09-11It is two years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unveiled its new ideological credo, called the "Three Represents." What good fortune it is that China's most sacred, encompassing, and powerful doctrine built around the triumvirate of "the interests of the majority of the people" "advanced culture," and "advanced productive forces" found one political party to be its representative! Good fortune, that is, for the CCP, not for China and its people. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14432
