December 5, 2007

The Kitty Hawk incident: Veil of Chinese secrecy conceals decision-making process

U.S. officials said the Chinese military’s extreme secrecy was on display when Beijing confronted the United States in a dispute last month over its refusal to permit U.S. warships from making port calls in Hong Kong. The first problem took place Nov. 22 as the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and its eight warships approached Hong Kong and were informed by a Foreign Ministry official that the visit had been “disapproved.”

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The U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk returns to its home port in Yokosuka, Japan, on Nov. 27.       AP/Katsumi Kasahara
Russian President Vladimir Putin with China's Hu Jintao.  

Beijing to emulate 'Russian-style' politics with boost to eight 'democratic parties'

The Hu Jintao leadership plans to adopt some type of a “Russian model” for Chinese-style political reform in the next decade. President Hu, considered a fervent follower of orthodox values in the Soviet -- and Russian -- system, has paid particular attention to the intriguing ways and means through which his good friend Vladimir Putin has managed to stay in power. A just-released Government White Paper on China’s political parties noted that Beijing would boost the role of eight so-called “democratic parties.”
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