By installing an old-school party functionary as its chief liaison, China shows where it stands on reform.
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JJ Rose has worked as a global media advisor for various social justice causes, including the Burmese democracy movement, the Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe) and Polisario (Western Sahara). He was an advisor to the Special Ambassador to the World Food Program and to the Humanitarian Advisor to the (then) UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon. He is also an author, essayist, journalist, researcher, teacher, analyst and charity founder.