Power Struggle

Feng Liang reports

A couple of rare dissenting websites that indirectly criticized the attitudes, policies and cronies of China's military strongman, Jiang Zemin, were shut down early this month. But, voila, thanks to the apparent intervention of his rival, moderate reformist President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, they are back in business. For how long, no one knows, as the plot thickens on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) crucial meeting and battleground in the middle of this month.

Feng also provides links to the two: China Petition Network, and Supervision By Public Opinion of China. By giving them more publicity, I'm probably contributing to their shut-down.