North Korea… Reformist Flirtations and Successor Politics: KCNA Tropes 13 Dec 200913 Dec 2009 While Chinese left-wingers insist upon the courage and worthiness of North Korea's wealth-equalizing currency reforms, Kim Jong Il is out talking up profitability in the northern frontier province of Jagang.…
China Tonghua Protests Part of Larger Systemic Issue — The Smashing of the Iron Rice Bowl 26 Aug 200926 Aug 2009 A private CONCERN China Daily 26 Aug 2009 Jonah M. Kessel After following one family tradition by joining the military in 1990, Fu Linxue did it again three years later…
China… Unrest in Tonghua 6 Aug 2009 Not so long ago there was a gigantic brawl at a (huge) steel factory in Tonghua, Jilin province, that left one dead and the news media all aflutter. Another sign…
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