Gu Kailai’s case: Will she be sentenced to death?

Gu might be guilty but this is not a real trial. What does it tell us about the power struggle in China? Gu and a household aide, Zhang Xiaojun, have been charged with murder of a British businessman Neil Heywood.

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Xi Jinping: A Chinese Gorbachev?

Chinese VP Xi Jingping begins US visit. He is set to become Chinese leader.

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Communist Party of China turns ninety

Still communist after 90 years?  The Chinese Communist Party was founded on July 1, 1921.

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Liu Xiaobo will not be released anytime soon

Do Chinese communists perceive Liu Xiaobo as a threat?

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Is Hu Jintao an absolute ruler?

And what about his weaknesses.

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Is China different 20 years after Tiananmen bloodshed?

And what if students were successful?

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