China's leaders put unity to fore as last red emperor is given a macabre farewell
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The ceremonies which have taken place to mark the death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping have been rather farcical and disorganised, giving no hint of the extremely tense political situation which China now faces. Most ordinary Chinese people do not believe that the country's political system will change significantly as a result of Deng's death, but some also feel that Jiang Zemin has little chance of becoming China's long-term leader. Ordinary people feel little need to express strong dissatisfaction, and are pleased simply to have paid their respects to Deng Xiaoping.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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China starts to panic over threat of revolt on frontier
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There has been strong separatist sentiment for many years in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, but this has always been kept under control by the Chinese authorities. However, there have been a number of particularly violent incidents recently, and Muslim separatists are reported to have been responsible for six or seven murders. Officials appear very concerned about the separatist threat, even though western observers believe that the separatists supporting an armed struggle are a minority.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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Peasant power wins the vote in China's rural backwaters
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Western observers have recently begun to pay considerable attention to China's village elections, which were introduced in the mid-1980s. They are the only example of one-person, one-vote democracy in China, and western observers hope that they will be extended to provincial and ultimately to national level. Ordinary people are certainly making their views known at village level, and the communist authorities seem unable to exert any kind of control over this process.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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