1. The Curious Case of Zhan Haite

    Protests in China, while very common, are usually silenced as quickly as possible.  So it's pretty unusual to see a [...]

  2. Channeling Deng Xiaoping

    With his trip to Shenzhen and other places in southern China, Xi Jinping, the new leader of China's Communist Party, [...]

  3. Planning for China’s ‘Fall’

    HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA—At the annual Halifax International Security Forum last week, much of the discussion centered on challenges to American [...]

  4. Xi Jinping’s Economic Challenge

    For months, China watchers have been vying to predict whether reformers or reactionaries would prevail at this week's Party Congress [...]

  5. What Hu Jintao Leaves Behind

    Now that the U.S. presidential election has concluded, the world’s attention is turning to China. November 8 marked the opening [...]

  6. The Perils of Predicting Chinese Politics

    In recent weeks, rumors have swirled about the outcome of the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party—expected in a [...]