In recent years, party officials in the People's Republic of China (PRC) have been uncharacteristically bold in speaking about freedom (ziyou) and democracy (minzhu), both long-standing taboos in the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) private and public lexicon. Analysts who monitor developments in China attribute this boldness, which is frequently exhibited in Beijing's rebuttal of Western criticism for its shortfall in human rights and democratic deficits, to the Party's increased confidence caused by the country's rapid economic development in the past several decades. The linear trajectory of China's unprecedented economic growth has prompted some observers to predict the inevitability of greater freedom and the regimes' political liberalization. Since January 2009 there have been steady streams of articles in the Chinese media concerning freedom of speech, particularly four key articles on this subject. The appearance of these articles suggest that a major debate is underway within the ranks of Chinese political and intellectual elites that are testing the limits of the party's line on the freedom of speech--at home and abroad.
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