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    Requiem for Hu, Wu, and Wen

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    November 13, 2012 at 4:24 pm

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    (L-R) Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chairman and Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo, and Premier Wen Jiabao. (Photo: EPA/Newscom)

    Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, and Wen Jiabao will step down from the top of the Chinese Communist Party this week. In four months, or thereabouts, they will surrender their (less important) places at the top of the Chinese government. And not a moment too soon. Their decade leading the PRC … More

    Reforming Reform in China

    March 16, 2011 at 4:00 pm

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    The head of China’s People’s Congress announced Friday that any movements toward a Western-style democracy were off the table. Within the announcement, Wu Bangguo specifically ruled out multi-party elections, the division of the People’s Congress into two houses, separate branches of government with power to balance one another, and formal … More

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    A Bumper Crop of Food Stamps

    Tweet this Where do food stamps come from? They come from taxpayers—certainly not from family farms. Yet the “farm” bill, a recurring subsidy-fest in Congress, is actually 80 percent food stamps and other government nutrition programs. The food stamps sweeten the farm deal for lawmakers, who admit that the combination … More

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