In all the chatter on the sweetening bond between Pakistan and China, one point may get lost. Read more

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Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged anti-demolition protest, Beijing, Central Committee of Communist Party of China, China, conflict of ideas, Han community, Jiangxi, Little Red Book, Mao Zedong, Pakistan, Pakistan’s sovereignty, Party History Research Center, social tensions
A theory goes that when the Chinese get rich they will demand more rights and political participation from their ruling Party. Read more

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Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Filed under China · Tagged blogs, China, colonial rule, Communist Party, Eric Heginbotham, Facebook, free media, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, George Gilboy, Hong Kong, Liu Xiaobo, Mao Zedong, political reforms, politics, Reshma Patil, websites, Wen Jiabao, Xinhua
During Mao Zedong’s early years in 1920s Beijing, he worked as a library clerk and shared three crammed rooms with seven others.
Over 30 years since the start of China’s economic reforms, thousands of student migrants still live in similar conditions in Beijing. Read more

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