With Xi’s Consolidated Power Comes Enhanced Risk
As was widely expected, Xi Jinping’s authority over the Party and state were enhanced at the...
political power
Whirlwind of Praise for Xi Ahead of Congress
With the 19th Party Congress set to begin in just six weeks and political sensitivities already...
Fear and Retribution in Xi’s Corruption Purge
In a special report for Reuters, David Lague provides an in-depth look at the workings of Xi...
The Economist: Xi Who Must Be Obeyed
Chinese President and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping has made it onto the cover of The Economist...
China’s Government: Weak or Strong?
At The Diplomat, Kerry Brown explores contrast in the perceptions held by Chinese people and those...
‘The Right Route’ For China’s Reformers
Joseph Stiglitz at The Guardian (via Project Syndicate) argues that China’s reformers could...
Xi Jinping to Head Reform Panel
Having laid out plans for economic reform in the Third Plenum communiqué, Xi Jinping is now going...
China’s Limited Influence
Although China is seen by many as a world superpower with growing economic influence, Ian...
Who Are the Winners in the Bo Xilai Case?
Following the announcement of Bo Xilai’s life sentence in court on Sunday, Simon Denyer...
China’s Power Predicaments
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...
Bloggers Comment on Lin Jiaxiang
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...
China’s Classes of Haves – Southern News Online
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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