2018/03/28 |
OPINION: Xi-Kim Beijing Tango Suggests Trump-Kim Summit Is Real Deal
Expect things to move quickly over the the next few months.
2018/03/28 |
OPINION: Taiwan Can Breathe Easier after Xi's Power Play
Xi Jinping may well plan to step aside as president in 2023, but he will maintain power behind the scenes anyway.
2018/03/26 |
OPINION: The CCP's Greatest Fear Is That Taiwan Does Not Fear Them
The main purpose of Chinese censorship isn’t to keep the truth from being exposed, but to maintain an unquestioning attitude to authority.
2018/03/23 |
Xi Whistles in the Wind
China's president is trying to play the referee over the Taiwan Travel Act, but is he holding the right cards?
2018/03/04 |
Week in Focus: Xi Embraces Lifelong Rule
Xi Jinping presides over a potentially momentous week in history.
2018/03/02 |
OPINION: Xi's Consolidation of Power Will Ultimately Weaken China
Xi's move to abolish two-term limits on the presidency signals the end of the Reform Era and a deepening of Party reform of the State that will ultimately lead to a weaker China.
2018/02/27 |
CARTOON: All Hail Emperor Xi
All bets are off now China President Xi Jinping has no limit to his time in power.
2018/02/26 |
Is Xi Following in Mao's Footsteps?
With the removal of presidential term limits, Chinese politics may be going back to the era of strongman rule.
2017/12/29 |
Chatroom Jokes Lead to Jail in China
The maximum penalty for this crime is five years behind bars.
2017/12/14 |
President Xi: Not as Powerful as You Think
While undoubtedly China's strongest leader since Mao, Xi Jinping's Standing Committee – a 'Team of Rivals' – suggests Xi is subject to checks and balances far stronger than those faced by the Great Helmsman.
2017/11/17 |
CARTOON: Taiwan Pulled from Climate Summit by Political Undertow
Taiwan's ship of state lacks the power to get to the UN climate summit.
2017/11/10 |
The End of History: Liberal Democracy or New China Model?
Jinghan Zeng argues that China is still playing a long ideological game against the West and that 'The End of History' is no longer guaranteed to favor Western liberal democracy.
2017/11/08 |
Here’s How Xi’s Consolidation of Power Could Shape China’s Political Future
As Xi Jinping uses his personality to centralize power, he may be more willing to take risks.
2017/11/03 |
Xi's 'New Era' Censorship Bans Books, Curbs Curiosity
'What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who would want to read one.' The ideological conformity of the New Era hints at a frightening prospect: that both Orwell and Huxley's fears could be realized simultaneously in Xi Jinping's China.
2017/10/31 |
Xi Jinping Shatters Hong Kong Handover Illusion
Chinese President Xi Jinping's report to the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China revealed once and for all that Beijing intends to exercise 'comprehensive jurisdiction' over Hong Kong, and that the 1997 promise of '50 years without change' can now be consigned to the dustbin of history.
2017/10/29 |
Expect No Surprises in China's 'New Era' Economic Policy
Stability and redistribution will be the watchwords of the Xi administrations economic policy as China strives to achieve its goal of becoming a "moderately prosperous society" by 2021.
2017/10/27 |
CARTOON: All the President's 'Yes' Men
This week's unveiling of a new Politburo Standing Committee included no clear successor to Xi Jinping.
2017/10/19 |
CARTOON: Beware the Cult of Xi
For all the assertions of China's rising power and strength at the ongoing 19th Party Congress in Beijing, the country's inability to reconcile its past and vulnerability to cults of personality point to inherent institutional weakness.