Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Through the looking glass

Into the wonderland of Chinese politics. Here's an opportunity to give your students access to a primary source and to ask them to explain the discrepancies between official policy and political reality.

All these links are to Xinhua sites.

China issues first ever white paper on political party system

"The Information Office of the State Council of China on Thursday issued the country's first ever white paper on its political party system, systematically summarizing the political party system with Chinese characteristics...

"Zhuang Congsheng, director of the Research Office under the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said... 'the fact that not too many people know well China's political party system has caused some misunderstanding. The white paper will help the international community learn the historical background, features, advantages, values and functions of China's multi-party cooperation system.'...

"The white paper would also help Chinese, especially young Chinese understand the political party system, so as to better adhere to the system, said Professor Zhen Xiaoying, of the Central Institute of Socialism..."




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