http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/opinion/discussions-on-democracy-in-china-more-meaningful-than-who-will-rule-197454.html Recent political events in China, that have exposed infighting in the Chinese regime’s leadership cliques, have also stirred up many commentaries in the […] Read the rest

Translated by  kRiZcPEc http://hqlenglish.blogspot.com/2012/01/reality-of-china.html I remember when Mao Zedong came to be the ruler of China, he described the country as a destitute state, a sheet of blank paper on which the newest and most beautiful picture can be drawn. After that, for thr […] Read the rest

Before Oct 15, the world thought “Occupy Wall Street” was the problem of the United States alone. Beijing in particular saw it as the American people’s opposition to American capitalism, and said explicitly, merrily that this time round it got even with U.S. media which had been reporting fo […] Read the rest

(translated by krizcpec) http://hqlenglish.blogspot.com/2011/09/mao-zedong-giant-shadow.html?spref=tw In recent years, the clouds over China’s future is thickening. Whether as an alternative political model for future China or as a historic question that cannot be sidesteppe […] Read the rest

In this first part of a three-part series on land rights and social stability—one of the most critical issues in China today—exiled Chinese economist He Qinglian examines the Gordian knot that the government faces in its attempt to solve the problem of subsistence for the country’s 940 million rur […] Read the rest

This is the fourth in a series of conversations among leading scientists, scholars, and public figures about the “Big Questions.” http://www.templeton.org/market/ Qinglian He: No. Over the past several centuries, the world has seen the many ways in which an active free market spu […] Read the rest

By He Qinglian A series of revisions to China’s foreign investment policy took place in October 2006. The most significant changes include: First, on October 8, 2006, the State Council passed a draft resolution merging the domestic corporate tax and foreign corporate tax systems. It is expected t […] Read the rest

He Qinglian1 Abstract: The Building of Political Democracy in China,2 a white paper issued by the Chinese government in October 2005, amply expresses that the Chinese government has instituted what it calls, “democracy with Chinese characteristics,” a form which actually  Western democracy. […] Read the rest

BY HE QINGLIAN In the coming months, HRIC will be publishing a new book-length report by noted scholar He Qinglian on the Chinese government’s increasing use of underworld tactics against rights defenders. In anticipation of wide interest on this subject, the report will be published in both Engl […] Read the rest