China Policy Institute Blog
Taiwan’s soft power and the death penalty
December 12, 2012
By Gary Rawnsley. On 7 December 2012, Amnesty International called on Taiwan’s government to resist public pressure to reinstate the death penalty. This comes after a 10 year old boy was murdered in Tainan at the beginning of December and claims that the murderer is not afraid because of Taiwan’s retreat from enforcing capital punishment. …
China’s new initiatives on cultural development
January 12, 2012
By Xiaoling Zhang. The importance of promoting culture, both domestically and internationally, was placed center stage again at the 6th Plenary Session of the CPC’s 17th Central Committee after it was written into the 12th five-year plan in 2010. Top leaders pledged to provide the sector with more resources to boost soft power and bolster …
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