Party officials top quotes of 2009;

Xinhua to get an international face

Military shuffle underway in Xinjiang and Tibet;

“

Pre-emptive attacks”

against threats to Party control

China aggravating tensions along Bhutan border;

China strengthening economic bonds with Kazakhstan

Bejing mulls law to favor domestic tech firms;

Chinese map irks Vietnam, raises temperature on South China Sea

Children of CCP leaders thrive;

Former FM: priority "

keeping a low profile and biding our time"

Russian arms sales to China grinding to a halt;

China-WTO consider sending factories to Africa

China, India continue military buildup along border;

Vietnam seeking multilateral forum for South China Sea dispute

State run magazine sheds light on Chinese "

black jails"

...;

...while Russian paper raises alarm over "

Chinese threat"

Beijing's "

Great Firewall"

stifling China's netizens;

Washington neutral on South China Sea spat

Special Issue: China's Troubled Educational System