China’s Middle Class May Be Xi Jinping’s Biggest Threat
While many assumed the government had bought off this influential group with decades of rising incomes, its political awakening may have just begun. Read More Here
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How China’s Zero-Covid Policy Has Pushed People, Economy To The Brink
Support and acceptance – seen in the early days of China’s attempts to control the spread of Covid-19 – have given way to mounting fear, confusion and a sense of hopelessness among many citizens, but a rapid reopening and shift away from the stringent policy threatens to put China’s medical system at high risk of […]
Jiang Zemin, Who Led China’s Boom After Tiananmen, Dies at 96
Jiang Zemin, the Chinese leader who presided over more than a decade of dramatic economic growth following the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, has died. He was 96. Read More Here
China’s Covid Protests Could Go Anywhere From Here
‘Zero-Covid’ demonstrations are sweeping China and anything could happen next as Beijing grapples with how to reimpose nationwide order. Read More Here
The United States Does Not Need To Contain China
Napoleon once said, “Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” While it is not clear that China should be considered an “enemy,” the basic sentiment does otherwise seem to apply in this case. Read More Here
Secure At Home, Xi Steps Back Onto The Global Stage
The Chinese leader met Germany’s Olaf Scholz last week before appearances in Indonesia and Thailand later this month. Read More Here
Misreading Xi And The Rise Of Li
Li Qiang’s appointment shows China is still on a private-led high-tech path and not at all reverting to Maoism Read More Here
Xi Looks For ‘Right Way’ To Mend China-US Relations After Party Congress
In his first message to the US since securing a third team as leader, the Chinese president says Beijing stands ready to work with Washington. Xi’s message was delivered to a gala in New York, which included messages from Joe Biden and former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Read More Here
How Global Public Opinion of China Has Shifted In The Xi Era
The sense that China’s power and influence on the world stage is growing is both widespread and long-held. As of this year, a median of 66% across 19 countries say that China’s influence in the world has recently been getting stronger. Read More Here
China’s Xi Clinches Third Term, With Loyalists On Standing Committee
China’s Xi Jinping secured a third leadership term and introduced a new Politburo Standing Committee that is stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Read More Here
