Chinese leaders reaching out

You can say what you want but Chinese leaders are, at least sometimes, simply amazing. They crack down on political opponents, closely monitor the Internet and try to regulate what they don't see as being in harmony with their culture.

On the other hand, they reach out to Internet users. Recently, China's minister of foreign affairs, Li Zhaoxing, sat down for a remarkably candid online chat with Chinese Internet users.

Now, over Chinese New Year, "Chinese authorities have made an effort to reach out to Internet users by posting Lunar New Year greetings on the Web site of the state-run People's Daily."

May be it is just a gesture to apiece the population. But it is a gesture that is ahead of that of other politicians.

(By Asia Business Consulting)