Beijing imposes tight controls over art and culture, and ideological restrictions have tightened under Xi, with authorities censoring Ai Weiwei and other artists it perceives as challenging its right to rule.
It is not, as it portrays itself, the neutral arbiter of the national interest, keeping venal civilian politicians in check; rather, it pursues what it perceives as its own institutional interest.This report will begin by considering Pakistan's policy in Afghanistan.
Some propose targeting Russia with additional sanctions, which would not likely dissuade Moscow from acting on behalf of what it perceives as its important interests.
Andrew Gardner, Turkey researcher for Amnesty International, said: "Refugees in Turkey are increasingly facing arbitrary detention and forced return to Syria as the government punishes those it perceives as jeopardising its lucrative EU deal".
It was mostly about the public's general impatience, and its growing exasperation with what it perceives as his get-out-of-jail-free card.
But inviting both energy giants fits in with President Hugo Chavez's plans to solidify links with countries it perceives as sympathetic to its aims and ambitions.
But the plans to invite both energy giants fits in with President Hugo Chavezs plans to solidify links with countries it perceives as sympathetic to its aims and ambitions.
Big Tobacco, the lawyer says, has singled out Star, which it perceives as a threat despite its less than 1% market share, he says.
In fact, Napster said the deal announced yesterday was evidence its technology has legitimate uses, an argument it perceives as central to it winning the lawsuit.
The Communist party does not tolerate anything it perceives as a potential threat to its rule, and dozens of activists have been imprisoned since president Xi Jinping took office two years ago.
The tensions between them with respect to decision-making about land use can be exploited by residents and extra-local herders alike, with each party seeking intervention from the authority it perceives as most likely to support its own interests (what has been termed 'forum shopping', see Ribot and Peluso ([2003])).
