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Frontpage Interview's guest today is Gordon G. Chang, the author of The Coming Collapse of China (Amazon link). FP: Gordon G. Chang, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Chang: Thank you very much. FP: You believe that the Chinese Communist Party will fall from power by the end of this decade. We are talking about just a few years. What do you see here and why? And how is this compatible with the fact that China is getting more prosperous? What will replace the Party? Chang: As China gets more prosperous, it is becoming less stable. Senior Beijing officials now face the...

China issued Thursday the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2005 (read full text) in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2005 issued by the U.S. State Department on Wednesday. Released by the Information Office of China's State Council, the Chinese report listed a multitude of cases to show the serious violations of human rights both in and outside the United States. "As in previous years, the U.S. State Department pointed the finger at human rights situations in more than 190 countries and regions (including China) but kept silent on the violations of human...