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Israel's judicial reform; Fixing the US immigration system; Inside Vladimir Putin's mind
Fareed Zakaria GPS
The Mysterious Disappearance of China's Foreign Minister, Chin-Gang
China is reverting to a Mao-era style of politics that we have not seen for decades. Who controls the past, controls the future seems to be the guide to China's elite politics these days. This is a far cry from the technocratic government that Deng Xiaoping ushered in as he reformed China in the 1980s. Finally, the President Putin lose or gain power after precautions fail but I'll ask Russian journalist in exile Mikhail Zigong.
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Finally, the President Putin lose or gain power after precautions fail but
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me. I'll ask
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Russian
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journalist in exile, Mikhail Zigong.
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But first, here's my take.
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The mysterious
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disappearance of China's foreign minister, Chin-Gang is a timely reminder that the future of US-China
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relations will be determined not just by American policy and what's happening domestically in
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the United States, such as the presidential election campaign. It will also be shaped
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by developments in China, which at this point are opaque but troubling. From what outsiders can tell, China is reverting to a Mao-era style of politics that we have not seen for decades. More significant
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than Chin-Gang's mysterious removal from power after the authorities attributed his absence to health reasons is the doctrine
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of websites and press releases to expunge
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his participation and achievements from the past. Who
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controls the past, controls the future. George Orwell wrote in his novel,
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1984, and that ominous dictum seems to be the guide to China's elite politics these days. This
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is a far cry from the technocratic government that Deng Xiaoping ushered in as he reformed China in the 1980s.
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In those days, the Chinese political system seemed a contradiction in terms, a
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dictatorship that had age caps or term limits for high offices.
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