1. Xi Jinping’s Great Society

    For many commentators, one of the big themes of the Xi Jinping administration so far has been a newfound openness [...]

  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. Something to Talk About in the East China Sea

    The diplomatic stand off between China and Japan over the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands has entered its third week without [...]

  4. Revising Deng’s Foreign Policy

    At the end of December, the Jiefangjun Bao, the official paper of the People's Liberation, carried a brief article on page three of [...]

  5. Does China Get Freedom?

    As Nitin Gokhale noted at the weekend, China has put off plans to send state councilor Dai Bingguo to Delhi [...]

  6. China’s Prickly Gaddafi Ties

    I’ve reported recently on the evacuation of Chinese from Libya, and some people have asked me what I think about [...]