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Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in Newsweek (Nov. 25) in an article about China's "princelings." According to Newsweek, for those at the pinnacle of Chinese power, politics can be a very lucrative calling, and some relatives of top leaders...have amassed sprawling business empires through their political connections...Fighting corruption was a big theme during last week's Party Congress...The challenge boils down to whether leaders who have benefited from corruption can be expected to turn around and rein it in. It may be too early to tell. But central-government graft-busters have actually made some progress since the flush, freewheeling early 1990s...Li agrees that corruption was more rampant back then, in part because "there's not that much money left to embezzle."

Edward Wheatley has published an article entitled "Blindness, Discipline, and Reward: Louis IX and the Foundation of the Hospice des Quinze-Vingts" in the Fall 2002 issue of Disability Studies Quarterly. The article is available on line at .

The men and women's swimming and diving teams began the 2002-03 season with dual meet with Ithaca College and Hartwick College. The women defeated Hartwick, 158-85, while they were defeated by Ithaca, 136-107. The men swept both, defeating Hartwick, 151-90 and downed Ithaca, 137-100.

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Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government was quoted in this article which focuses on Jiang Zemin who stepped down from the top position in the ruling Communist Party but was reappointed as head of the Central Military Commission at the conclusion of China's 16th Party Congress.

Cheng Li, China expert and government professor was quoted in this article which focused on Jiang Zemin who formally retired as chief of China's Communist Party and was portrayed by the media he controlled for 13 years as the country's paramount leader.

This article focused on the study "Democracy Spoiled" co-authored by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard and Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government.

This article focused on the study "Democracy Spoiled" co-authored by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard and Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government.

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