The use of the standard Party formulation of Xi Jinping “pointing the way forward” on various policy issues has become so commonplace that the phrase has become an object of satire, a way of mocking Xi’s cult of personality and...
This year’s “Two Sessions,” which concluded on March 11, were more Party-choreographed than ever, as evidenced by the elimination of the premier’s customary post-NPC press conference, the weakening of the State Council via a...
At the close of 2023, CDT Chinese has compiled a series of year-end articles on a number of special topics, including sensitive words (part one and part two), censored articles, “rollover scenes,” and people of the year. This...
After one month without making a public statement or appearance, Qin Gang was removed from his position as foreign minister on Tuesday. At least for now, he will be replaced by his boss Wang Yi, who leads the CCP’s foreign...
There was little doubt about who would emerge ascendant from the 20th Party Congress. Nonetheless, the numerous profiles written on the man over the past week reinforce just how much power Xi Jinping has managed to accumulate as...
On Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Council voted against a motion to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The vote, occurring one month after then-U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released a...
As was widely expected, Xi Jinping’s authority over the Party and state were enhanced at the...
With the 19th Party Congress set to begin in just six weeks and political sensitivities already...
In a special report for Reuters, David Lague provides an in-depth look at the workings of Xi...
Chinese President and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping has made it onto the cover of The Economist...
At The Diplomat, Kerry Brown explores contrast in the perceptions held by Chinese people and those...
Joseph Stiglitz at The Guardian (via Project Syndicate) argues that China’s reformers could...
Having laid out plans for economic reform in the Third Plenum communiqué, Xi Jinping is now going...
Although China is seen by many as a world superpower with growing economic influence, Ian...
Following the announcement of Bo Xilai’s life sentence in court on Sunday, Simon Denyer...
Today’s New York Times ran an op-ed by scholar and CCP policy advisor Minghao Zhao identifying five “power predicaments” that China must acknowledge as its influence in the world order increases: The...
The case of Lin Jiaxiang, the party secretary of the Shenzhen Maritime Administration, who was caught on a surveillance camera harassing an eleven-year-old girl, has been a hot topic on blogs and in Internet forums in China. But...
As Chinese authorities continue to batter the drum of a “socialist harmonious society,” the possibilty of actually realizing such a thing seems to grow ever more distant. Such, at least, is the message suggested by...
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