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• Have the Olympic Games changed China?
• China's political reform requires special zones
• Why China's village ballots become selling stocks
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• Real vs. Cosmetic Elections
• Policy experimentation in China's economic rise
• The origins of China's distinctive policy process
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Reforming the state sport system – a first step
While the downsides for individuals caught in the system are difficult to argue with – children taken away from their parents at young ages for vigorous training and unsuccessful athletes doomed to difficult lives by their lack of other skills – there is likely no other way for a developing country to win gold medals in any significant quantities. Few Chinese families can afford the expensive training needed to perform well in sports such as gymnastics, diving, or equestrian. Additionally, most children focus almost exclusively on academics, leaving little time for athletic development as an extracurricular. ...
• China's smog shutdown
• The economic cost of the Beijing Olympics
• People's Daily: Politicizing Beijing Olympics unacceptable
• Nationalism is both a sanctuary and a grave
• The fight for a “liberated” Tibet
Where is Germany's freedom of press?  (Media)
Thank you, Tony Blair, for your objectivity  (The Rise of China)
Transparency of public power deters 'shadowy graft'  (Political reform)
Student deaths in earthquake still unknown  (Social & Political Stability)
Officials sacked after Yunnan rubber plant unrest  (Social & Political Stability)
China's defense report to UN shows openness  (China & Int'l System)
Poor design blamed for school woes in May quake  (Education)
China orders immediate rectification of government fund abuses  (Corruption )
China admits quake school defects  (Government)
China's show of power; Closing ceremony has golden glow  (Olympic Games)
China delighted with Olympics  (Olympic Games)
Olympics close with a bang and a double-decker bus  (Olympic Games)
• Have the Olympic Games changed China?
• Olympic security: an evaluation
• Pollution clouds China’s coming out party
• Grassroots Democracy and Local Governance in China
• The pursuit of happiness: are Chinese people satisfied with their lives?
• Guiyang’s experiment with democracy
• What the Beijing Olympics bring to China
• Why China's village ballots become selling stocks
• Why Bush so enthusiastic about Beijing Olympics
• Reforming the state sport system – a first step
• The new democracy fatigue and pessimism about China’s political future
• Zimbabwe and China: implications of the 'Look East' and 'non-interference' policies
• Village democracy the Qingxian Way (中文)
• The quest for constitutionalism (中文)
• Open government information in action (中文)
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