make art together Aug 22, 2008
On Monday, six 5-year-olds from the CCP center at Hatch Elementary School and five seniors gatherer around the table and came up with a story of a little snake and her friend, who took an elephant up to a flower-covered hillside, then to Grandma s house, then to church and then home to bed. At first, the children were shy, but as the story progressed, they joined the elders in drawing colorful flowers, the snake, Grandma s house and the elephant. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
The fake voice of an angel Aug 13, 2008
Cue the hoards of CCP shills with their ad hominem ... New parents who don't have the requisite birth permit (required by the CCP One Child policy) will often sell their child instead of paying the fine for an unauthorized birth ... v=OgFxEPePO6g Cue the hoards of CCP shills with their nonsensical rationalization of this practice and ad hominem. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Timeline: China Aug 10, 2008
1989 - Troops open fire on demonstrators who have camped for weeks in Tiananmen Square initially to demand the posthumous rehabilitation of former CCP General Secretary Hu Yaobang, who was forced to resign in 1987. The official death toll is 200. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
The Road To Beijing Aug 10, 2008
not spoiling the CCPs coming-out party ... What about the indignities and horrors that the CCP has inflicted on the Chinese people for 60 years. (CBS News)
Obituaries for July 19 Jul 19, 2008
He had also was employed as a construction worker and at one time was a welder for Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Mr. Rideout was in the CCP Camp in Gettysburg. He was the widower of Mary L. Holmes Rideout and the father of the late Anna Holmes, Rosetta Jones and Arnina Young. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Stop Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Tyranny: End CCP's Nine Year Persecution of Falun Gong Jul 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following advisory is being issued by Friends of Falun Gong: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 12:00PM - 1:30PM Upper Senate Park (Across from U.S. Capitol, next to Russell Senate Building at Constitution Ave are Ave, NE, Washington, DC) What: Public rally to stop the CCP's ruthless 9-year persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, and its pattern of coercive intimidation, espionage and terrorism overseas. -- Falun Gong Group Exercises: 9:30AM -... (PR Newswire)
* Consider life under communism Jul 15, 2008
So there are ample reasons for the people of Taiwan to ponder what life under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may look like ... While the Property Law of the PRC that took effect on Oct. 1 last year is not currently applied to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, such exemption may well be terminated once Taiwan falls under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control, since there will no longer be any plausible reason to continue more favorable treatment of the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Middle Kingdom deciphered Jul 13, 2008
The author is not fooled by the exterior calm and orderliness projected by the Chinese government and speaks of "isolated bubbles of tension" that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) blocks from "merging into larger, more powerful forces" (p 70) ... The CCP itself was actively encouraging a revival of Buddhism and Confucianism to undergird President Hu Jintao's goal of a "harmonious society" ... Aiyar doubts whether the CCP's shepherding of religion into quietist channels is sustainable, given the... (Asia Times Online)
Name game groundscross-strait ties Jul 2, 2008
Chinese President Hu Jintao, in his capacity as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the then KMT chairman Lien Chan agreed in 2005 that both parties would promote cross-Strait talks about Taiwan's participation in international groups with a priority on the WHO.. But Japanese media reported on June 23 that Wang Yi, China's newly appointed director of the Taiwan Affairs Office, told some Japanese reporters that China will never accept Taiwan as a WHO member but will work... (Asia Times Online)
Get On the Bus Jun 23, 2008
from Canada writes: Mr. York, how do you keep from pulling your hair out after reading the idiotic user comments on your articles made by CCP boosters on the Globe forums ... However, between the CCP and their hired journalists, or foreign journalists - from both the right and left of the political spectrum - , who have been consistenly telling the world for decades how badly Beijing adheres to international human rights standards, who do think is objectively more believable ... Whether one... (Globe and Mail)
Children's chief plans for big move Jun 15, 2008
Career: 1991-92: administrative resident, West Penn Hospital; 1992-97: variety of jobs including assistant vice president and assistant to the chief executive, Guthrie Healthcare System, Sayre, Bradford County; 1997: vice president, business development, Geisinger Healthcare System and Penn State Geisinger Health System, Harrisburg; 1998-2001: vice president of health services administration, Highmark Inc., Pittsburgh; 2001-03: executive director of Children's Community Pediatrics, Children's... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Prof. Valori: Hu Jintaos Rush to Modernity Jun 12, 2008
Conversely, if the armed forces became tools for internal repression, the CCP could rapidly lose control ... It is a Marxist-Leninist soft power strategy to combat the CCP leaders autonomy and the consequent corruption which in Maoist terms is seen as deviation ... For Hu Jintao the issue lies in building a new ideological configuration for the CCP leadership, which can allow various party members to exist harmoniously within the Party perhaps escaping attention from the internal... (Newsmax)
The rise and rise of China's Mr Tears Jun 11, 2008
The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ability to mobilize the. entire nation showcase the efficacy and power of the CCP, which has maintained a monopoly on national and local governance and social movement ... In fact, in the annals of the CCP government's mass movements to mobilize the nation that either caused catastrophe - such as the Great Leap Forward of the late 1950s that led to the famine killing at least 30 million Chinese - or alleviate the impacts of natural disasters, this current... (Asia Times Online)
Back to strait-talking Jun 7, 2008
As a consequence of political maneuvering, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Taiwan's KMT both intended to elevate the party-to-party platform as the highest level of cross-strait interaction ... Weeks prior to the resumption of ARATS-SEF talks, KMT chairman Wu Poh-hsiung held a summit with his CCP counterpart, President Hu Jintao ... Wu Yu-san, director of Academia Sinica's Institute of Political Science, suggested that the CCP has been delighted to deal again with the KMT, a rival it was... (Asia Times Online)
Crisis and Response Part III Jun 4, 2008
But the CCP could confront a legitimacy crisis unless it gives honest answers to thousands of grieving parents on why so many schools collapsed in a country that has built some of the world s best skyscrapers in Beijing and Shanghai. It is also high time for China to reflect on its development strategy that has heavily favored the cities over the countryside, the coastal regions over the interior and the rich over the poor during the past two decades. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Erickson to run against Shilling Jun 3, 2008
wisCONsin wrote on Jun 3, 2008 2:17 AM:" It will be interesting to see what Ericksons stand is on our right to protect ourselves like 48 other states allow with a CCP, that in its self will put him over shilling!!! But realistically anything would be better than shilling including a displaced monkey from the zoo!!!!!!! ". bailey58 wrote on Jun 2, 2008 11:57 PM:" Well it is NICE t see your being ONE SIDED as usual Mr. Magney! Your attempts to b fair to both sides are nothing more then a joke! I'm... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
* KMT, CCP bosses meet in Beijing May 29, 2008
KMT, CCP bosses meet in Beijing ... Hu met Wu in his capacity as head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), following the party- to-party protocol of previous meetings between Chinese leaders and KMT officials. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
* Two survivors rescued in Sichuan May 21, 2008
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to maintain a staunch front of unity and stability after the quake, the incipient protests by parents could be troublesome, for many of them blame official graft and laxity, more than nature, for the deaths ... The CCP chief in Sichuan said on Monday nearly 30,000 were still missing and a further 5,000 were believed buried under rubble. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
How to stop illegal Canadian immigration May 14, 2008
Coming so close to the border of Tibet, the scene of destructive riots just a month ago, you could easily make the case that Heaven is unhappy, especially if you're already predisposed against the CCP. ... But for that kind of mismanagement to open up cracks in the perceived legitimacy of the CCP to govern China requires that there be some kind of countervailing force ready to take China in a different direction ... Quite the contrary -- as long as China's economy continues to boom, the CCP will... (Salon)
China tries to teach Tibet a lesson that the Apr 22, 2008
seems to be the CCP policy ... Most people get tired of the official propagandism, which always tell us "if you love your nation, you should support CCP" ... I love my nation, and I support the Olympics in Beijing and the goverment's reaction to Tibet riot , but it doesn't mean that I love the CCP. (Times Online)
Price websites 'needed checking' Apr 12, 2008
The call for independent checks comes from the Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the University of East Anglia ... "I think there needs to be an independent authority which can check the information is impartial or perhaps run a comparison website itself," said the CCP's Catherine Waddams. (BBC News -- UK)
* EDITORIAL: Self-respect loses to self-censorship Apr 11, 2008
In that pact the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agreed to push for negotiations on Taiwanese participation in international organizations and events, with priority placed on Taiwans WHO membership. So why doesnt Ma put that agreement to the test and see what Beijings promises are worth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Should Ga. do business with China? Apr 10, 2008
Recently the VideoGame company CCP (who produces Eve Online), merged with WhiteWolf here in Georgia. There are other mergers and companies looking to either do business in Georgia, or set production/manufacturing facilities in Georgia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Men face charges in Evansville shooting Apr 9, 2008
Tumper wrote on Apr 2, 2008 11:46 AM:" Folks like that is why I have a ccp. ". profit wrote on Apr 2, 2008 12:01 PM:" I agree with Km. What loving family man chooses to drink with his buddies and shoot up a trailer over spending time with that family? I can't imagine believing that pointing a loaded gun in people's faces, robbing them of cell phones to keep them from calling police and shooting at an occupied trailer exemplifies a man that means no harm. ". (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
CLINTON CALLS ON BUSH TO BOYCOTT OLYMPICS OPENING... Apr 8, 2008
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* Constraints on Ma's leadership cripple him Mar 24, 2008
The forum between the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) -- established by former vice president and KMT chairman Lien Chan (s) in early 2005 -- has served as a platform for Beijing leadership to exert political influence on Ma's camp from the very start ... It is very likely that the CCP-KMT forum will "hijack" Ma to implement the "cross-strait common market" regardless of the disastrous effect it might have on Taiwanese farmers, workers and health and food safety standards -- let... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
DALAI LAMA FINDS AN AMERICAN ALLY... Mar 22, 2008
As widely reported, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is hard at work flooding the blogs all over the world trying to change people's opinions about China's crackdown on Tibet ... I am disgusted by all these blogs flooded with the CCP's propaganda. (The Drudge Report)
* NPC re-elects Chinese president Mar 16, 2008
The National People's Congress (NPC) appointed Xi Jinping (), a top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader and the son of a revolutionary, as vice president ... Li has failed to receive the same level of support from ranking cadres as Xi, who has taken an unusually visible role since vaulting from leader of Shanghai to the CCP's inner sanctum last October. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Another 'Gun Free Zone' Massacre... Feb 16, 2008
Posted by Rich on Feb 15 2008 11:47AM - I have a CCP permit and agree 100 ... " Posted by Hank W. on Feb 15 2008 1:09PM - I own 4 guns and have a CC permit, as I travel a lot and feel better about the protection. I oppose gun control because, as a practical matter, we can't take guns away from everybody. But you're absolutely stupid or a right wing knuckle-dragger if you think lifting gun bans will stop this sort of thing. I have no problem lifting the ban, but the chances of the right person... (The Drudge Report)
Obituary: Volodia Teitelboim Feb 14, 2008
Volodia Teitelboim, who has died aged 91, was a leading Chilean Communist party (CCP) intellectual, a prolific writer and winner of that country's national prize for literature in 2002. A friend and rival since the 1930s of Pablo Neruda, fellow communist and 1971 Nobel prizewinner for literature, Volodia served on the CCP political committee from his 20s until his death, and was its general secretary from 1989 to 1994 ... Volodia founded the CCP's daily El Siglo (the Century), the literary... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
High court ruling expected on right to possess a firearm Feb 13, 2008
the one thing i have never seen are the statistics showing the number of crimes committed by those citizens who are ccp holders. in my twelve years as a law enforcement officer i NEVER had the occasion to arrest a ccp holder ... As the police officer stated in his entry: In my twelve years as a law enforcement officer I NEVER had the occasion to arrest a ccp [Concealed Carry Permit] holder. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Stocks Fall, Led by Westpac, Banks; Credit Corp., Macquarie Fortress Slump Feb 11, 2008
Credit Corp. (CCP AU), a financial services company, tumbled A$3. 08, or 77 percent, to 91 Australian cents, its biggest loss ever. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
* Why China is afraid of nobodies Feb 5, 2008
Why is the mighty Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deploying all of its powers to kidnap -- no word better describes what happened -- such a puny enemy. The CCP accuses him of "subversion," but he broke no laws, does not head a counter-revolutionary army and was not on the verge of toppling the party ... But the CCP is haunted by the Soviet precedent. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Post a comment Feb 5, 2008
Directly calling for the overthrow of the CCP is out, but otherwise censorship is far lighter in China than it was in Eastern Europe. Chinese media are very varied and pretty interesting now. (International Herald Tribune)
Super! Beijing's ministries go big Jan 10, 2008
While Western-style political reforms remain illusory, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has pledged that it will improve governmental efficiency, boost central authority and eradicate corruption and other ills associated with maladministration ... First, streamlining the government is essential to the long-standing goal of "small government, big society" that the CCP leadership has been pursuing since the late 1980s ... Even before the watershed 17th CCP Congress, the Hu-Wen... (Asia Times Online)
China's consumerslet the side down Jan 8, 2008
The point was stressed again at the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October last year. But in face of growing costs in housing, medical care and education in recent years, Chinese people are tending to save more. (Asia Times Online)
SQI Diagnostics Announces First SQiDworks(TM) Platform Shipped for Validation Trials Jan 8, 2008
The microarray includes in-array calibration and the four commonly prescribed biomarkers to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis, specifically Rheumatoid Factor IgA, IgM, IgG, and anti CCP IgG. SQI Diagnostics' trial focused on its proprietary novel capture molecule for CCP and determined that its CCP biomarker has sensitivity and specificity that is equal to the leading assays. "Early detection and regular monitoring could significantly improve the management of rheumatoid arthritis which affects... (Canada Newswire)
Attempt to help ends in gunfire Jan 1, 2008
La Crosse TaxPayer wrote on Jan 1, 2008 4:39 AM:" Maybe if wisCONsin had a CCP law this low life piece of @#$% would be behide bars or dead instead of walking around free!! We all know the keystone cops in this town are not able to do much more than stop drunks for walking into the river (wait they need help from collage kids to do that also) or stopping young adults from having parties!!! When is wisCONsin going to realize that the scum already carry guns and the law abiding citizen needs and... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Mao's millionsHis writings continue to accrue royalties, but whose money is it? Dec 29, 2007
A recently-published article in a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) magazine has reignited a debate about who should inherit this fortune ... The CCP made it possible for Mao to earn royalties in enormous quantities ... "The real issue is that the CCP made it possible for Mao to earn royalties in enormous quantities by projecting his cult and prescribing his works," he told the BBC.. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Opposition hints at 2008 federal election Dec 25, 2007
CCP majority all the way. BarbIt's sure plain to see the liberals under Mr Dion are the same group of people who ruled for 13 years and didn't care about what people wanted only power they done nothing and figured that they were Gods gift to all canadians. (CTV.ca)
* World News Quick Take Dec 23, 2007
Xi moves up CCP ranks. One of China's new political heavyweights, Xi Jinping (), has been appointed head of the Communist Party's leadership school, strengthening prospects that he will eventually take one of the country's top two posts. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
In China, tension and triumph Dec 21, 2007
The country's economy continued to sizzle, and President Hu Jintao was re-anointed as Chinese Communist Party (CCP)general secretary for another five years ... The re-anointment of Hu at this October's 17th National Congress of the CCP may have been a triumph for the president and for the party, but it was a reminder to the rest of world that China, despite its slick new capitalist veneer, is still a totalitarian state. (Asia Times Online)
Eve Online update takes gamers offline Dec 10, 2007
CCP said that customers would need to have a non-Vista version of Windows, at least two hard disks and an operating system installed on the second hard disk ... "We apologise profusely for this error and are working on offering more extensive help to those that have a non-working Windows PC, so please stay tuned," wrote CCP on the official Eve Online site when the bug was uncovered ... CCP announced yesterday that it had fixed the issue and released a new version of the update. (VNUNet.com)
HEARTLAND HORROR: Mall Attack in Omaha... Dec 6, 2007
" His friend's parents should take a real hard look at THEIR son if he believes that Rob did go out in style. This certainly is NOT the way we should be influencing the children of our future. Our prayers are with the devestated families, but we also hope more parents will take note on how they are raising their children. They need to learn to COPE with negativity, not lash out like this. Posted by: Jason Location: Illinois My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims families and citizens... (The Drudge Report)
Hahnel: Venezuela Not What You Think Dec 6, 2007
In this respect the role played by Chavez has been similar to the role Mao played in China during the 1950s and 1960s when he was both the head of government and the party, but also the leader of the left-wing faction within the CCP. What we might call the "Chavista camp" is an amalgam of small left parties and groups that initially included some small centrist and center-left parties as well -- all predating his election -- and a much larger diverse group of activists politicized by different... (Zmag.org)
Would you pay to park closer? Dec 5, 2007
I aint paying anyone to park my truck and I have a CCP. We enjoy our time together. I earn a handsome salary but I will not pay for preferential parking. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Chinese-American activists decry China's communist party at rally Dec 3, 2007
"They are taught to think that their only mother is the CCP," Chen said. "But the CCP is not China.". (Boston Globe)
* Ma's modus vivendi denies reality Nov 30, 2007
Ma's wishful thinking fails to address the question of different definitions of "one China" by the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). There was no such "1992 consensus," yet the KMT thinks equating the Republic of China with "one China" will sit prettily with the CCP even as it equates the People's Republic of China with a "one China" of which Taiwan is part. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* China may come to rue hosting the Olympics Nov 27, 2007
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hoped to use the Games to showcase the country's emergence as a dynamic, modern nation ... The CCP leadership has grown more self-assured in its growing international role, but its ability to manage the pace of change at home has become more uncertain. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Sites tainted by dioxins: academic Nov 25, 2007
CCP Corp, Taiwan, another state-owned enterprise, bought out Taiwan Alkali in 1967. In 1983, the factory became part of CCP subsidiary China Petrochemical Development, which went private in 1994. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Drivers with a license to kill Nov 21, 2007
Hence one of Mao Zedong's best know quotations: "Power comes from the barrel of a gun." So historically, the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to rule the country could be justified by the fact that it seized power by force. Mao's Red Army, or the People's Liberation Army (PLA) as it was later renamed, was the key to the CCP's success in seizing "all under the Heaven" by fighting wars "on horseback" ... And after the founding of the People's Republic, the CCP continues to rely on... (Asia Times Online)
New penalties to hit 1m drivers Nov 11, 2007
Hey Dude we still await that print -out on number of Chinese executed in 2006 by your friends the CCP. What's the delay dude. (Scotsman)
* US, China set up military `hotline' during Gates visit Nov 6, 2007
Hu made his comments while meeting China's strategic missile force on Sunday, when he also called on the military to maintain its obedience to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People's Liberation Army Daily said ... In his talks with the military, Hu reiterated the CCP's command over the military in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the party's Central Military Commission, the paper said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Amber Light From the Party Nov 6, 2007
Hu's report to the congress may have mentioned democracy 61 times, but leadership selection in the CCP is still a secretive affair ... For the first time in the history of the CCP, an anointed future general secretary did indeed get the job as intended ... New Standing Committee of the CCP.. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
China's balancing act: Guns vs rice Nov 3, 2007
Moreover, the importance that Beijing attaches to military modernization has also been underscored by the statements of senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders ... Many of these issues resulted from the CCP's strategy of economic reform accompanied by only limited political reform, which produced impressive growth rates and kept the CCP in power, but at the expense of creating a host of social and political problems and eroding the capability of the Leninist party-state to cope with these... (Asia Times Online)
Hu's 'olive branch' breaks in Taiwan Oct 27, 2007
When Chinese President Hu Jintao appealed for a "peace agreement" with Taiwan in his speech to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's)17th National Congress last week, it was not only rebuked by politicians across party lines but also neglected by the island's public ... Citing polls that concluded 85% of people in Taiwan believed Taiwan's territory only includes Taiwan, Kinmen, Penghu and Matzu, and that 70% consider themselves as Taiwanese but not Chinese, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian said... (Asia Times Online)
* PRC leadership reshuffle signals continuity, not deep changes Oct 25, 2007
CCP officials say that the departure of Vice President Zeng Qinghong does not amount to a decisive breakthrough that will give President Hu Jintao unlimited power ... To judge by the reports in China's state-run news media, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took a bold step toward democracy at the just completed 17th National Congress, which approved a new leadership team to run the country ... The CCP has run China for 58 years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Working-class heroesget their day Oct 24, 2007
HONG KONG CChina's official media gave full coverage to the just-closed 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ... He Shizhong, chief of the propaganda department under the CCP's Chongqing Municipal Committee, was one of the 2,200-plus deputies attending the 17th Party Congress and following a panel discussion of President Hu Jintao's keynote address on October 15. (Asia Times Online)
* Speculation rife over top CCP lineup Oct 21, 2007
Speculation rife over top CCP lineup. AP, BEIJING Sunday, Oct 21, 2007, Page 5. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
zouk ventures Leads a EUR 53 Million Financing Round in SiC Processing AG, A Global Leader in the Recycling and Supply of Slurry in the Solar Wafer Industry Oct 17, 2007
The round was led by zouk ventures, a European Cleantech investor, and joined by Merrill Lynch Corporate Principal Investments (CPI) Group, CC Private Equity Partners (CCP), Masdar Clean Tech Fund, and Foursome Investments together with existing investors and the Heckmann family ... CCP s investment focus is directed towards the biotechnology, medical technology and life science sectors as well as a variety of industrial fields and service providers. (BusinessWire)
* Hu promises modest adjustments Oct 17, 2007
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY: No bold initiatives were unveiled at the CCP congress yesterday. Instead, PRC President Hu Jintao offered things to key constituencies AP, BEIJING Wednesday, Oct 17, 2007, Page 5. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
CCP sets auditions for ‘Carousel,’ ‘Oliver’ Oct 17, 2007
CCP sets auditions for Carousel, Oliver. CROSSVILLE The Cumberland County Playhouse announces auditions for professionals and amateurs of all ages for its upcoming productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein s Carousel and the Broadway musical Oliver. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Communist China drills its capitalists Oct 15, 2007
So China's propaganda machine has produced a new wave of reality TV programs in the run-up to today's opening of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 17th congress in Beijing. Every night for the past month, prime-time viewing on China Central Television has featured a five-minute news feature titled National Models of Virtue. (National Post)
Funds to assist, disabled, seniors Oct 13, 2007
For more information about the NHDM grant, CCP and other services for seniors, contact your local Area Agency on Aging or call the Senior HelpLine at 1-800-252-8966 (1-888-206-1327). Comments. (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas, IL)
* Tribalized CCP to focus on factional rivalry Oct 11, 2007
Tribalized CCP to focus on factional rivalry ... Nothing illustrates the dichotomy between hopes and reality in China better than the hype around the upcoming 17th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress ... The CCP calls a "congress" every five years to pick a new Central Committee, choose the nine members who comprise the Standing Committee of the Politburo, China's supreme ruling council, and thrash out new initiatives and policies. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
