In a letter dated May 31 and posted online on June 6, Jiang Mianheng—son of the late Chinese President, CCP General Secretary, and Central Military Commission Chairman Jiang Zemin—announced that at the age of 73, after “serving...
Following Sunday’s carefully controlled and largely predetermined election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been reelected with nearly 88 percent of the vote. With years of legal and administrative harassment having weeded...
This year’s recently concluded “Two Sessions,” the annual gatherings of China’s rubber-stamp National People’s Congress (NPC) and advisory Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), were more Party-scripted and...
On March 10, China’s National People’s Congress, a rubber-stamp body that meets in full session once annually, re-elected Xi Jinping to a third five-year term as President. (His third term as General Secretary was already...
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...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang quietly announced that he would step down from the premiership at the conclusion of his second term in March of 2023. His departure from the role is constitutionally mandated and does not preclude him...
On Monday, law professor Xu Zhangrun was suspended from teaching and other roles at Tsinghua...
At The Financial Times, Christian Shepherd reports the removal from teaching duties of Tsinghua...
This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government...
On July 15, socialist country Cuba announced revisions to its Soviet-era constitution. Its chief...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Former Politburo member Sun Zhengcai stood trial for bribery in Tianjin on Thursday, the biggest...
When Liang Xiangyi’s vigorous eye-roll at a fellow reporter’s rambling, obsequious,...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
On Sunday, China’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a series of constitutional amendments...
At the ongoing annual “Two Sessions” meetings of the Chinese People’s Political...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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