At a recent event at the Asia Society in New York, Ambassador Gary Locke spoke with Asia Society’s Orville Schell and George Stephanopolous of ABC News about the current status of U.S.-China relations and the new...
Read MoreChinese officialdom has been rocked by a half-dozen sex scandals in the past three weeks alone. The wave may signal that Xi Jinping is staying true to his promise to crack down on corruption. Is this correlation, or causation?...
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Read MoreChina’s new Party leadership has vowed to reject “extravagance, formalism and bureaucracy” in government—or, as The Financial Times put it, to let a hundred flowers wilt. Xinhua recounted the long list of...
Read MoreThe launch of China’s J-15 fighter jet from its new aircraft carrier has sparked an Internet sensation. The self-assured hand signal of the flight deck crew members has been mimicked all over the Chinternet and is now dubbed...
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As of November 16, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
Read MoreThe new Politburo Standing Committee has been elected, Xi Jinping has taken the helm–now all that remains of the 18th Party Congress are lingering inconveniences for Beijingers, and memories. Artist: unknown Source:...
Read MoreAt Foreign Policy this week, Nels Frye examined civilian official’s curious uniformity of dress at the 18th Party Congress, and the various political pressures that encourage it. China’s top leaders have been...
Read MoreAs the long-awaited 18th Party Congress kicked off in Beijing, President Hu Jintao, who is slated to step down from his position early next year, gave a work report that lasted close to two hours. Hu spoke out strongly against...
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