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NTD Dance Competition Unblocked on China's Largest Search Engine We told you earlier this week that Chinese communist authorities had issued a secret order. It was to stop people in mainland China from joining NTD's International Classical Dance Competition, which aims to revive traditional Chinese culture. That order came from the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee, or the PLAC. That's a powerful Communist Party organ that controls the police and the courts. NTD frequently reports about the rights abuses committed by the PLAC. Now, information about NTD's dance competition has been uncensored on China's biggest search engine Baidu. One analyst says this is the latest in a continuing power struggle between the head of the PLAC, Zhou Yongkang, and Communist leaders Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, and Xi Jinping. [Dr. Li Tianxiao, NTD Senior Political Analyst]: "I think that first it shows that NTD's reporting that exposed the PLAC's actions has been a big blow to them. It also shows that Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, and Xi Jinping are curbing the PLAC's system. The PLAC's ability to block information has been curbed." Dr. Li says it's possible someone within Baidu unblocked information about NTD's dance competition. But, he says it's more likely it was a direct order from top leaders, designed to strike a blow against Zhou's PLAC. [Dr. Li Tianxiao, NTD Senior Political Analyst]: "Overall it shows that the PLAC -- whether it's now at its wit's end or is being exposed, it will end in failure, and bring itself down." Since the power struggle ... From: NTDTV Views: 45 3 ratings Time: 01:35 More in News & Politics