The Week in Asia
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has released its 2012 Global Forecast, entitled “Risk, Opportunity, and the Next Administration.” Part II looks at how China’s growing influence, as...
View ArticleWhat West Doesn’t Get About China
China’s rise on the world stage and the United States’ supposed decline are perhaps the two most discussed trends in international politics today. Many feel we are seeing two great ships of state...
View ArticleThe Week in Asia
Best of the Research Chatham House released a paper this week discussing how climate change will affect the Arctic, shaping a new geopolitical and economic environment. Authors Charles Emmerson and...
View ArticleU.S.-China Ties Survive Stress Test
Since February, there have been repeated incidents in U.S.-China relations that could have produced significant strains and disruptions between Beijing and Washington. Nonetheless, relations so far...
View ArticleWhy China Can’t Pick Good Leaders
As China’s top leaders get ready for their summer retreat in Beidaihe, the exclusive beach resort 225 kilometers north of Beijing, the rest of the world remains in the dark about the jockeying for...
View ArticleWhat China’s Leaders Fear Most
The news that Chinese prosecutors have filed formal murder charges against Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former Communist Party boss of Chongqing Bo Xilai, has conjured up tantalizing images of a...
View ArticleSuperpower Denied? Why China’s ‘Rise’ May Have Already Peaked
If dating the rise and decline of great powers is tricky, pinpointing the peaking of a rising power is almost hopeless. One obvious problem is the measurement of power. Shall we look at the size of a...
View ArticleIs China’s Communist Party Doomed?
Last Friday's announcement in Beijing that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will convene its 18th congress on November 8 has brought much relief to those concerned that political scandals and...
View ArticleChina’s New Leadership: Unveiled
After months of tenuous purges, endless political jockeying, and (often erroneous) Western media speculation, the seven men who will lead China for the next five years (and in some cases, the next...
View ArticleChina’s New Militancy
“We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully—not because we are naïve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and...
View ArticleChina’s Next Leap Forward: From Comrades to Consumers
On June 20 of last year, two and a half months after disgraced former Chongqing Communist Party Chief Bo Xilai was dropped from the Politburo, another member of China’s elite 25-man decision-making...
View ArticleThe Bo Xilai Saga Continues
According to a Reuters report, Bo is causing Chinese officials nearly as much trouble in detention as he was causing them in power.
View ArticleChina’s Next Leap Forward: From Comrades to Consumers
Chinese leadership has hinted at greater economic reforms in store, with freewheeling Guangdong province as the model.
View ArticleBeyond the Great Firewall: How and What China Censors
New research provides fresh insight into how authorities censor social media sites, and what they’re after.
View ArticleIn Mass Line Campaign, Bo Xilai’s Legacy Endures
Mao and Bo's fingerprints are all over Xi Jinping's new campaign to cleanup the Party.
View ArticleSpoilers & Great Power Politics: US-China Edition
Incidences like Chen Guangcheng and Snowden underscore the danger of individuals disrupting US-China ties.
View ArticleBo Xilai’s Trial Could Start This Week
Does Bo’s trial explain former President Jiang Zemin’s recent appearance? Wednesday China links.
View ArticleWhy Do Some Chinese Still Love Bo Xilai?
Much of Bo’s popularity derives from discontent with governance issues.
View ArticleBo Xilai’s Wife to Testify Against Him?
Plus, China bans local Wikipedia editor from leaving country through 2016. Friday China links.
View ArticleThe Edward Snowden Car: Made in China
Plus, Bo Xilai’s son breaks his silence ahead of his father’s trial. Tuesday China links.
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