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...nation's rising social inequalities and Hu's own call for rural socialism has finally given the old guard its opportunity. Last summer, leading Marxist economist Liu Guoguang fired a warning shot: "We must make sure leaders at every level are really Marxists, instead of having a red [communist] surface and white [capitalist] core." Then, noted Peking University law professor Gong Xiantian assailed the property law draft for "copying capitalist civil law like a slave...
...that hard-line approach could backfire. "The majority of Hong Kong people are neither pro-Beijing nor pro-Democratic Party," says Wu Guoguang, an expert on Chinese politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "But when the central government uses this kind of rhetoric, it sends the message that Beijing not only wants Hong Kong to be part of China but a part of a China that hasn't changed much since the Cultural Revolution." Hong Kong's democrats believe that China's tactics will help not only them but also pro-independence forces in Taiwan, who carefully monitor...
...still isn't clear whether he and other top officials truly understand that a free flow of information is critical to a healthy society, to free markets, to long-term prosperity. "The leadership wants the country to be an economic power without changing the political system," says Wu Guoguang, a former party official now teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "But it is realizing too late that the two go together...
...whose objective is often hiding bad news from their bosses, even at the expense of public health and the country's reputation. "The leadership wants the country to be an economic power without changing the political system, but is realizing too late that the two go together," says Wu Guoguang, a former party official now teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong...
...Jiang himself declared his independence in 1995 by ordering the arrest on corruption charges of Deng's faithful Beijing Party chief, Chen Xitong. "The congress has resolved very little, and Hu will have to move against someone" in Jiang's camp to show his strength, predicts Wu Guoguang, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a former aide to ex-Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang (who, incidentally, was purged...