The grip slips

Article Abstract:

The central government's control over China is slipping as economic forces and lobbying power shift increasingly to the coastal provinces and away from the natural resources and military power of the North and West. The central government's tax power is increasingly diluted by contradictory policies. If the situation slips further, the provinces could follow different paths, with Shanghai and the Yangtze area taking over central policy, poor areas trying to enforce government handouts, and international appeal drawing off other provinces.

Cover Story, Central-local government relations

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June jitters: pre-Tiananmen, officials and dissidents jostle, fall

Article Abstract:

Dissident petitions in China are gaining new prominence even as General Secretary Jiang Zemin's political purges fade and he releases new cadre-selection procedures. The anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tianenmen massacre provoked several new outcries from pro-democracy intellectuals evincing broader support and showing more aggressive demands. Meanwhile, Jiang is apparently trying to end the purges before they harm his own position. His efforts to gradually increase democratic participation may win little support.

Political activity, Dissenters, Jiang Zemin

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