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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

'China gears up to avoid Soviet-style collapse'

from times of india......

"Bracing for key leadership changes, China's 80-million strong Communist Party is getting ready for yet another long-haul with an ideological makeover to avert a Soviet Union-style collapse which spelled doom for communism worldwide.

'Though CPC was expected to continue economic reforms advocated by Mao's successor Deng Xiaoping, the party is divided over opening up on political reform fearing it would open floodgates for dissent and unrest. 

While CPC ideologically equipped cadre, the government geared up to meet any internal trouble by allocating $95 billion budget this year to beef up police, state security, armed civil militia, courts and jails. 

Incidentally, this year's internal security budget for China was higher than the $91 billion defence budget"....................LINK 

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