30 Years Ago: Political Sway of the Military Spreading
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
by Cindy | Jun 2, 2019
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
by Xiao Qiang | Sep 14, 2017
CDT cannot verify any information presented by Guo Wengui. For the past six months, from his $67...
by Josh Rudolph | May 29, 2017
At Reuters, Benjamin Kang Lim reports that Cai Qi, a longtime ally of Xi Jinping, has been...
by Josh Rudolph | Mar 3, 2017
Speculation that Xi Jinping may be aiming to defy his conventional 10-year term limit has been...
by Josh Rudolph | Jul 14, 2016
Xi Jinping’s long-running crackdown on Party corruption culminated earlier this month with a...
by Cindy | Feb 5, 2016
Following mounting calls for “absolute” loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and to...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 3, 2016
In his latest drawing, CDT resident cartoonist Badiucao highlights the recent reemergence of the...
by Sophie Beach | Aug 10, 2015
The annual confab of China’s top leadership at the Beidaihe seaside resort is always...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 19, 2015
The investigation into former security chief Zhou Yongkang has taken another turn with accusations...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 15, 2014
With the fate of disgraced former security chief Zhou Yongkang still unknown, there is some...
by Sophie Beach | Oct 24, 2014
Authorities are stepping up the corruption investigation into the family of Ling Jihua, a former...
by Samuel Wade | May 12, 2014
Several sources have told the South China Morning Post that this year’s Party Central...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 21, 2012
The New York Times’ Edward Wong and Jonathan Ansfield report from Beidaihe, a seaside resort outside Beijing, where Communist leaders have traditionally vacationed and held important behind-the-scenes meetings. This year...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 19, 2012
Despite efforts by the Communist Party to present a facade of unity and stability in the midst of a political scandal, reports show that the crisis may be both deepening and widening with a possible investigation of the...
by Sophie Beach | Jan 31, 2010
The Sydney Morning Herald looks at a possible shift in dynamics in China’s elite politics: In the closet warfare of Chinese elite politics, Shanghai has been the political bastion of Hu Jintao’s predecessor and...
by Sophie Beach | Oct 13, 2009
For Asia Sentinel, Willy Lam reports on apparent tensions between President Hu Jintao and his heir apparent, Xi Jinping, following Xi’s failure to be promoted to the Central Military Commission at the Party Plenum last...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 6, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that China’s political institutions have not evolved enough to handle other transformations underway in society, and that ongoing political struggles are responsible for the clamping down...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 3, 2009
The New York Times writes about several recent high-profile corruption cases in China: Chinese authorities say the arrests are part of the Communist Party’s latest anticorruption campaign — and they include the arrest last month...