Topic: Zhou Yongkang
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China enlists everyone from cops to cabbies to enforce orderly transition
China's ruling Communist Party opens a congress Thursday to usher in a new group of leaders. Much about the meeting will be a reminder that China remains an authoritarian state.
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Can China, US strike a new deal on blind dissident? (+video)
Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese activist, has upended an earlier agreement between China and the US, disrupting a visit to Beijing by Hillary Clinton.
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The Monitor's View: Russia's election and the global response to economic woes
The voters' blow to Putin in the Russian election is another example of the different popular reactions to inept economic management – and is part of the global contest between models of governance.
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Why China will not do as Clinton asks on North Korea
China's push for more dialogue and less pressure on North Korea reflects that fact China is more concerned with the economic stability of its neighbor than its nuclear program.
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Beijing now worried anti-Japan protests could backfire
Protesters at an anti-Japan rally also unfurled banners calling for a multiparty political system and complaining about the high price of real estate, according to images shown on Japanese TV.
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In China's primary school stabbings, some see social injustice as culprit
Children returned to class Tuesday after three primary school stabbings last week. On Web chat rooms and blogs, commentators pointed to China's repressive one-party rule, and raised concerns that the young were an easy target of those seeking to avenge anger over corruption and inequality.
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China raises casualty toll in Uighur riots
Will Chinese efforts to restore calm get at the root of the unrest?
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