Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Great Regulars: Some NLD [National League for Democracy] members

have vowed to form a new party after the NLD, led by imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was abolished by the junta ahead of rare elections.

Senior NLD figures say at least 25 senior members have signed up to the unnamed party, to advance the movem . . . ent's two-decade campaign to end military rule.

from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Opposition Vows to Fight

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He Pin, founder of the Mirror publishing house, said many Chinese intellectuals saw the central propaganda bureau as a nefarious organization and a ready target for criticism and satire.

"When [Zhu] took over, and came up with the 'three broadenings,' he got called after this policy as a nickname," He said.

"You could say that the time he was in office was the most relaxed climate for news and publishing that there has ever been in China since economic reforms began."

from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Reformist Propaganda Czar Dies

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