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As China Leadership Transition Nears, Challenges Far Outstrip “Reforms”
Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:00
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Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post published an editorial on August 21 pointing to serious challenges facing China's leaders, in realms ranging from diplomacy, to internal politics, the economy, and larger social issues. While these areas have long been an important focus for Chinese authorities, the Post claimed that recent developments have made the challenges even greater. These developments include the intensified conflict with Asian neighbors over territory like the Diaoyu islands and the South China Sea, an ongoing economic slowdown, and the apparent political struggle over the ousted politician Bo Xilai. It's a refrain that's rarely been repeated in media outside of the Chinese Mainland reporting on the upcoming power transition, during China's 18th Communist Party Congress this fall. Chinese Communist Party-affiliated media, in reporting on the Party Congress, have largely adopted editorial angles such as “18th Party Congress representatives elected transparently and publicly,” or by highlighting the way the new leadership will represent a robust reform agenda. Yet, despite calls by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for increased reform efforts, the specifics of any such plans have not been forthcoming. Political commentator and editor-in-chief of the “Beijing Spring” magazine, Hu Ping, views any systematic political reform as being very unlikely—and the current emphasis on “reform” in Chinese media as being mostly an attempt to disguise, and prolong, the Communist …
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