Political turmoil in Bangladesh reached a climax this month as a student-led protest movement ousted Sheikh Hasina from her 15-year tenure as prime minister. The movement began with peaceful protests against a quota system for...
The CCP’s recently concluded Third Plenum yielded a final communiqué that acknowledged current economic, geopolitical, and ideological risks and the need for continued systemic reforms but offered little (yet) in the way...
The Third Plenum, a major Party conference on China’s economy held roughly once every five years, came to a close this past Wednesday. The closed-door meeting of Central Committee members reaffirmed the Party’s commitment to...
Early on Friday morning, former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passed away at the age of 68. According to a government statement, Li died of a sudden heart attack “after all-out rescue efforts failed.” He was said to be resting in...
This week, the Beijing-based Unirule Institute of Economics announced that it would close after...
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...
Following up on the central government’s earlier promises to reform the controversial hukou...
Two weeks ago, the government-sponsored supervising organization of the long-running liberal...
Last week, staff at the high-profile reformist journal Yanhuang Chunqiu threatened a lawsuit after...
China’s State Council has unveiled a series of proposals aiming to protect the estimated 61...
At South China Morning Post, Nectar Gan reports a newly published warning from former...
The State Council has released new guidelines directing local governments to allow migrants from...
Central authorities have claimed that criminal justice reforms since 2009 have helped to curb the...
With China’s record of using pretrial torture to force confessions currently...
At The Guardian, Oxford professor and historian Timothy Garton Ash asks whether Xi Jinping can...
In January, just two months after Xi Jinping and Barack Obama jointly pledged to limit carbon...
Since 2009, several top court and government rulings have sought to nullify evidence obtained...
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