Ahead of this year’s World Cup, China made its first-ever loan of pandas to a Middle Eastern nation. But what is by now a well-oiled machine began in far more haphazard fashion.
(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
(Archived document, may contain errors) HONG KONG'S ROLE IN U.S.-CHINA POLICY by Martin L. Lasater On December 19, 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang signed in Beijing an historic joint declaration returning the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1. 1997. The draft text of the agreement on the future of Hong Kong had been initialed by representatives of both governments in September after two years of intense negotiations.
In a veiled attack on Chinese President Xi Jinping, a letter, reportedly written by the Communist Party of China s (CPC) leading cadres, discusses the issues of personality cult and makes such recommendations in the letter which are detrimental to the rule of the CPC and will ultimately pose threat to Xi s power.