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The September-October issue of Foreign Affairs, the flagship journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, devotes a special section to examining China's economic and strategic posture. The overview offers "Asian perspectives" on China from five authors: two from "mainland" (Communist) China, two from Hong Kong (a "special administrative region" under Beijing's control), and one from Singapore. Significantly, and predictably, no contribution was solicited from a representative of the free Chinese on Taiwan.
Lead author Zheng Bijan is the chair of the China Reform Forum, described as a "non-governmental and non-profit academic organization." The group's claim to independence is tainted by the fact that Zheng, according to his bio, wrote "key reports for five Chinese national [Communist] Party congresses and held senior posts in ... Party organizations in China."
"For the next few decades," writes Zheng, "the Chinese nation will be preoccupied with securing a more comfortable and decent life for its people." Welcome as that prospect would be, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)--like Communist ruling elites throughout history--has never been unduly concerned with the comforts and decencies enjoyed by its ...
Source: HighBeam Research, CFR: Communist China's "Peaceful Rise".(INSIDER REPORT)(Council on...