(Archived document, may contain errors) DEMOCRACY IN CHINA PART I BEIJING STYLE Edited by Martin L Lasater Dr. Wang Bingzhang Chairman, Chinese Afliance for Democracy New York Dr. Huan Guocang Princeton University Fugene Martin Depu Director, Office of Chinese Affairs T.S. Department of State Martin Lasater Director, Asian Studies Center The Heritage Foundation
In 755 the Tang dynasty poet Tu Fu wrote about the corruptions of court life:In the central halls there are fair goddesses; An air of perfume moves with each charming figure. They clothe their guests with warm furs of sable, Entertain them with the finest music and pipe and string, Feed them with the broth of camel’s pad, With pungent tangerines, and oranges ripened in frost.
Eight minutes after midnight on Friday, the axe fell on Zhou Yongkang: a terse news release from state-run Xinhua news agency said that China’s former security czar Zhou had been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party, his case handed over to China’s top prosecutor’s office. One minute later, an English version appeared, likewise detailing that once-formidable Zhou had
As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.