Law & Politics

GOVERNMENT LEADERS

Statistics Bureau Chief to Head Cabinet Think Tank

After taking over the helm of the National Statistics Bureau from a disgraced official for 19 months, Xie Fuzhan is moving again to head the think tank for Chinese State Council.

Weng Shiyou & Zhang Xiangdong | 2008-06-02

EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY

Preventing a Potential Second-Wave Disaster in Sic...

The Chinese State Council has issued a strict directive on preventing a potential second-wave disaster arising from endangered dams and landslide-dammed lakes in earthquake-hit Sichuan.

English Edition Staff | 2008-05-21

CIVIL SERVANTS

Leveling the Peak to Fill the Valley, for Balanced...

A plan to stadardize public sector allowances is likely to impact some eight million public servents, for better or worse.

Weng Shiyou, Xi Si | 2008-05-14

WTO

Trade Deadlock: By the Numbers, or by the Rules?

China has insisted on excluding state-owned enterprises and local governments' purchases from open competition by WTO members to avoid what it says would be unbalanced market liberalization.

Xi Si | 2008-05-09

TAX REFORM

China Tax Reform: Two Speeches, One Story

Chinese officials are striding forward with schemes that would channel more taxes into the central government, with implications for the country's wealth gap and growth-driven environmental damage.

Xi Si | 2008-05-07

DEMOCRATIC POLITICS

A Party Outsider, a Public Election

A party-sponsored, televised election of candidates for directorships in Nanjing leads to a party outsider's rising to the top.

Chen Zhouxi | 2008-04-18

SOCIETY

China To Raise Poverty Line

A poverty relief document being drafted proposes to raise China's poverty line, which would potentially double the amount of Chinese below it to 80 million.

Weng Shiyou, Wang Biqiang | 2008-04-17