Debating the China Model
In June, Tsinghua University professor Daniel Bell published “The China Model: Political...
meritocracy
Case Against Zhou Yongkang May Be Revealed Soon
Reuters reports that yet more former aides of former security chief Zhou Yongkang have been...
Cartoons Boost Mao and Meritocracy
While tightening regulations on cartoons like Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf that may set a bad...
Scrubbing of Bo’s Legacy Continues as Trial Looms
The campaign to clean up in the aftermath of Bo Xilai’s spectacular fall from power has already seen the reexamination of hundreds of court cases and the removal of former police chief Wang Lijun’s calligraphy from...
Eric X. Li: A Tale of Two Political Systems
In a newly published talk from last month’s TEDGlobal 2013 conference, venture capitalist Eric X. Li reprises his defense of China’s one-party system, arguing that contrary to Western assumptions, it is characterized...
China’s Generation Gaps
As income inequality in China grows increasingly urgent, James Palmer examines another divide in Chinese society less frequently scrutinized in the West: the generation gap between young Chinese and their parents, which one...
The Post-Democratic Future Begins in China
At Foreign Affairs, Eric X. Li argues that China’s future lies with continued one-party rule, and that the Party’s adaptability, meritocracy and non-democratic legitimacy will carry it forward while the West...
The Key to Bringing Democracy to China
At Foreign Policy, MIT’s Yasheng Huang suggests that the best way to promote democracy in China would be to stress elite self-interest over moral values. Huang also challenges the argument that asking China to democratise...
China: A Meritocracy of Mediocrity?
With the recent handover of power to a new Politburo Standing Committee, a debate has broken out between China watchers over what to term the method through which China chooses its new leaders. In the corner arguing for...
The Myth of China’s “Meritocracy”
From the time of Sun Yat-sen, through the turbulent Mao years and now into China’s modern economic boom years, The Economist traces the thoughts of several “admirers” and challenges the meritocratic label that...
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