Tag: Social stability

Politics Holding Back Economic Reforms

Heading into the National Day holiday, and on the cusp of a yet-to-be-scheduled leadership transition, The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs reports that political distractions have prevented the Communist Party from making the tough decisions needed to address China’s slumping economic growth: Although the departing government has tried in recent months to address decelerating growth by ea

September 27, 2012 7:47 PM

“China Needs Justice, Not Equality”

At Foreign Affairs, Martin King Whyte writes that despite growing alarm about economic inequality in China, satisfaction

May 6, 2013 2:00 PM

Yu Jianrong: Reassessing China’s ‘Rigid Stability’

In an essay translated by Jason Todd, professor Yu Jianrong argues that China’s fixation on “stability at all

February 4, 2013 10:04 PM

Ministry of Truth: The “Almighty God Cult”

The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and s

December 19, 2012 4:32 PM

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