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The article discusses the success of "The Paper" digital newspaper in China as of 2016, and it mentions how the online mass media entity covers issues such as corruption and a vaccine scandal in China. According to the article, "The Paper" is overseen by the Chinese Communist Party. It states that the owner of "The Paper" plans to introduce an English-language version of the electronic newspaper called "Sixth Tone." Editor Wei Xing and Chinese news websites are also assessed.

The article reports on Kevin Lau Chun-to, chief editor at Hong Kong, China-based newspaper Ming Pao who was ousted by its owners in January 2014 causing fears for the advancement in the Chinese Communist Party's efforts in subduing the region's independent media. The removal follows the region's proposal to elect leaders through universal suffrage. It mentions that the decision also follows a broader tension on the growing political and social influence of mainland China.

Comments on the release of internal Chinese Communist Party documents relating to the decision to use force against student protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

The article offers information on the role of People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the Chinese political party Communist Party of China, and nation's elite universities, in China's strategy of global cyber-espionage. It informs that numerous research papers located online, highlights strategy of China's military cyber units to penetrate the Internet. It mentions that Internet security firm Mandiant Corp. disclosed a PLA organization codenamed Unit 61398 for peforming cyber espionage.

The article reports on the eight-year prison term of Cao Haibo, owner of an Internet cafe, for criticizing the ruling Communists in online messages in China in 2012. Cao was charged of subversion of state power for attempting to establish the China Republican Party, an entity that only existed on paper. According to Chinese Human Rights international director Renee Xia, the only crime of Cao was to chat online where members of the group discussed constitutional rights and democratic reform.

BEIJING -- Chinese officials rapidly intensified a propaganda campaign to paper over a leadership split in the Communist Party on Thursday as the first hints began to emerge of the wealth and influence amassed by relatives of a deposed Politburo member, Bo Xilai. The burst of coverage was remarkable for its intensity and focused message, even for a propaganda apparatus that regularly sings the party's praises, analysts said, reflecting deep concern that Mr. Bo's removal and the murder investigation aimed at him and his wife would deepen a now evident split between the Communist left and the more moderate right wing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on Chinese journalist Zhang Jieying and her book `Absolute Privacy.' The book being a bestseller in China; Book chronicling the social changes taking place in China; Reaction of her Communist Party bosses at the paper where she works.

The article reports that Zhao Chun-yu, ringleader of a China-based counterfeit ring was sentenced to five years in prison for selling counterfeit. As stated, Zhao was convicted in May 2011 of 16 counts related to the counterfeit scheme that cost 3.8 million dollars to Cisco Systems Inc. It states that she was also convicted of lying on her naturalization form by falsely stating she was not a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

The article discusses the plans of China's communist government to establish international control over the Internet. According to a draft report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, the Chinese government interacts with the Chinese people and allows a controlled online debate on certain issues, especially those not related to the country's political situation. It is believed that the government then exploits the information that it gets from spying on public debate.

The article reports on the historical account of Beijing's Tiananmen Square as counter revolution in China. It has shown that the rebellion covered a small number of people in the communist party and has developed socialist systems. According to Chen Yu, researcher at the Department of War Theory and Strategic Studies of the Academy and Military Sciences, the revolutionary rebellion was the ultimate martial law mission in the communist-controlled military.

The article focuses on the priorities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China. The PLA is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its establishment on July 1, 2007 with a pledge of redoubled fealty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership: the PLA will always remain a "Party army" whose be-all and end-all is to defend the Party and the people. PLA Vice Chief of General Staff Zhang Qinsheng also noted that senior officers would redouble efforts at military diplomacy.

This article states that a manifesto by Xie Tao, former vice president of the People's University of China, wrote in a Beijing journal that China needs to adopt a model of democratic socialism similar to that in Northern Europe, something that runs counter to official Marxist political orthodoxy. The minifesto triggered a debate in Chinese academic circles about the need for democratic political reform, considered a forbidden topic of discussion by the ruling communist government.

The article discusses the relationship between the eastern and western worlds and explores China's response regarding the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo. The author explores the Chinese Communist government's censorship of media and presents comments from former Renmin University vice president Xie Tao regarding the Communist party's suppression of history and free speech. The books "The Difficulty of Being Good" by Gurcharan Das, "Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages" by Guy Deutscher, and "Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World" by Patrick Smith are discussed with commentary by Smith regarding the westernization of China.

The article reports on the allegations to 57-year-old Leung Chun-ying on being secret member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the closed-circle election in Hong Kong on March 25, 2012. It states that Chun-ying denied on the allegations but evidence has come from China when the official CCP organization journal, the "People's Daily" issued Leung's biography and called him Comrade. It also mentions that the term comrade refer as a Party member that is strictly used in China.

The article reports that Chinese Communist Party leadership has toned down its rhetoric regarding South China Sea effort to abrupt the growth of Washington's anti-China containment policy, in aftermath of U.S. president Barack Obama's Asia tour pronouncements. It mentions that Obama gave indirect support to claims of several Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members to islets in South China Sea during his tour. Further Obama finalized the sale of 24 F-16 jet fighters to Indonesia.

In this article, the author discusses the secret of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) success. As reported, in order to explain the CCP's ability to hold on to power, 'authoritarian resilience' has been a fashionable theory put forward by a host of famous Western Sinologists since the mid-2000s. Other China watchers have argued that the CCP administration is mainly relying on a police state-style control apparatus plus appeals to nationalism to stay in power.

The article presents information on China's foreign relations, with reference to a related article by Peking University foreign-policy professor Wang Jisi, in "Global Times." Wang pointed out that China had no ambition of reaching parity with the U.S. In a 2011 issue of "Foreign Affairs," he stated that economic development and maintaining domestic harmony will be the focus areas of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The article reports that steps have been taken by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership, to guard against a people power-style uprising from happening in the country. Orders have been given out to all official media by the CCP Department of Propaganda, in order to reduce reporting on the unrest in Africa. Orders and steps taken by president Hu Jintao, and prime minister Wen Jiabao, are also discussed.

Informs about the changing attitudes of Chinese youth towards joining the country's Communist party. Views of various young people; Dismissal of Chen Xitong, Beijing's powerful Communist Party secretary as a part of anti-corruption campaign launched by the party; Efforts to improve the party image.

The article reports on the release of the revised regulation on national defense and military construction in China, ordered by President Hu Jintao. It indicates that Jintao's revised regulation aims to strengthen the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Moreover, it mentions that the new regulation will be published in a book titled "The Party," by journalist Richard McGregor.

The article presents information on anti-Japanese protests and riots going on in Beijing, China. As September 18, 2010, marks the 79th anniversary of the incursion of Japanese troops into Manchuria, protests in different cities of China, have been scheduled. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has permitted nationalistic groups to hold protests against Japanese occupation of the Diaoyu Islands. As stated, the CCP leadership is mainly concerned about Tokyo's pivotal role in so-called Asian NATO.

The article focuses on the speculations of a political reform in China following Communist Party leader Wen Jiabao's statement in an article praising the late pro-democracy Communist leader Hu Yaobang. Wen Jiabao's statement was published on April 15, 2010 on the 21st anniversary of Hu's death. It notes that the positive tone of Wen Jiabao's article is an indication that the country is considering political reform.

The article reports that the investigations into the China's organized mafia triads in Chongqing metropolis have brought forth the reportedly shocking degree of complicity between big crime bosses and police officers and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. It is stated that judicial officers are beginning trial against 2000 odd triad members while more chieftains of crime gangs are expected to be nabbed as the number of anti-triad squad has been expanded to 200 and the police to 7000.

The article focuses on the mass media regulation in China as revealed by the U.S. intelligence report. It states that the report indicate that the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) controls mass media organs with the aid of various propaganda apparatus. It mentions that internet police are also used to hinder the flow of ideas that are contradicted by the party. It adds that CPC has been dubbed to be combining technological knowledge with regulation.

The article offers information on the buying delegation strategy of Beijing, China of highlighting the emergence of China in reshaping a new global financial architecture. It is stated that the Chinese Communist Party leadership is dispatching a 300-man buying delegation to splurge on high-technology items related to aerospace, telecommunications and motor vehicles in Europe. The orders will benefit manufacturers in countries including Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland.

The article examines the Chinese leadership under President Hu Jintao which hails the end of American domination over the world. It highlights the opportunities seen by the Chinese Communist Party in the U.S. and its role in the $700-plus billion rescue package approved by the Congress. The central government is set to buy at least $200 billion more U.S. bonds to help the latter tide over difficulties.

The article reports that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has pulled out all the stops to boost security in Beijing, China and other cities ahead of the Olympics, the authorities have also called upon officials to minimize the use of police power. The CCP's top-level Central Commission on Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI) issued a circular warning local officials not to call upon law-enforcement officers to handle disputes and conflicts that could be easily and painlessly solved.

The article reports on the plan of the Chinese government to adopt a Russian model for Chinese-style political reform. Chinese President Hu Jintao has paid attention to the ways and means through which Russian leader Vladimir Putin has managed to stay in power. It is stated that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could adopt a Chinese-style, multi-party system similar to the Russian model in order to improve its image.

The article reports on the increase in price of pork in China. The retail price of China's staple meat soared 77.6 percent in August 2007 from a year ago. That pushed China's overall inflation rate rose to 6.5 percent in August--the highest in more than a decade-- largely driven by the price of pork and other meat. The ruling Communist Party has voiced increasing concern about the speed of price increases.