Wang Zhicheng

The Flash PMI for January stands at 49.6 . Rising labor costs and halt on bank loans. Regions debt risk reaches 17.9 trillion yuan. New free trade zones approved today to attract foreign investment. But the rules are unclear.

No "relaxation" on birth control says deputy director of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission. Proposed reforms are set to enhance the role of private capital, but state monopolies are praised. Farmers will be allowed to sell but not own land. The laojiao system is set to be scrapped, but people will still be arrested without charges. Resistance remains with the party.

Bombs were homemade. The incident takes place about a week after attack in Tiananmen Square , attributed to a Uyghurs "terrorist " group. Tension mounts on the eve of the Third Plenum. In Taiyuan a disciplinary committee of the party is investigating several incidents of corruption.

A video produced by two of the PLA General accuses the United States of wanting to topple China as was the case with the USSR and the " Jasmine Revolution " in Tunisia. Patriotism risks hiding the real causes of corruption.

Search is on for two men from Xinjiang and four cars with the license plates from the region. It could have been a suicide terrorist attack . Uyghur intellectual calls for more caution. AsiaNews sources: Not only the Uyghurs , but entire Chinese population is tired and dissatisfied with the leadership. Strong censorship on information.

The State Council's Development Research Centre is calling for less government in the economy, pensions, health care and education for all, an end to the hukou (household registration) system, a stop to illegal farmland sales, and the use of the yuan in international trade. It is silent on political reform. All its proposals will be vetted during the Third Plenum in November.

First reported on a blog, the case involves a company that was not qualified to carry out cultural heritage conservation. For many online, what happened was reckless. During the Cultural Revolution and Deng Xiaoping's modernisation, China's cultural heritage was also destroyed.

Xia helped the jailed Nobel Peace Prize draft Charter 08. For the university, he is the School of Economics' worst-ranked teacher but for many bloggers, he is a real intellectual who made sacrifices for the Chinese people.

Tomorrow is the deadline for raising the debt ceiling in the United States, which could touch 16.7 trillion dollars. The U.S. is likely to be unable to pay its debts and to ensure the value of its currency. Beijing holds U.S. Treasury bonds to the tune of 1280 billion. The Beijing Global Times calls for a "de-Americanization" of the world economy and a currency of reference to supplant the dollar.

He is accused of gathering people "to disturb public order" : the same accusation with which activist Xu Zhiyong was imprisoned. Wang is one of the proponents of a collection of online signatures for the release of Xu . The billionaire believes that faced with the Party corruption, the gap between rich and poor, abysmal pollution; an alliance between entrepreneurs and citizens is needed to push the government to increasing openness thus avoiding a rise in violence.

The combative former chief of Chongqing admits "abuse of power" and apologizes to the Party. But calls the former police chief and former right hand man "a liar", in cahoots with his wife. The many revelations reveal squalor of entire Party leadership. A communist "Dynasty".

Bo appeared relaxed and tanned. He denied taking some bribes, contrary to his declarations in an internal Party investigation. Demonstrators and supporters detained by police. Foreign media banned. Chinese media invited to make use of the official Xinhua dispatches. Bao Tong: the Party itself is really on trial here.