1. Channeling Deng Xiaoping

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

  2. 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 [...]

  3. Wen Jiabao’s Riches and Political Reform in China

    No doubt about it, David Barboza of the New York Times has achieved a journalistic coup. His deep dive into the financial wherewithal of [...]

  4. Chinese Legal Reform: Game On?

    Recent years have witnessed a significant degradation in the climate for legal reform in China.  Harassment of public interest lawyers [...]

  5. China’s Social Media Challenge

    Where is West Korea? Many people would be confused by that name since Korea is divided between north and south. [...]

  6. Getting Rich in Shenzhen

    As I mentioned ahead of the Communist Party Central Committee plenary session earlier this month, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made [...]

  7. Communist Party Showdown?

    Today saw the opening of the fifth plenary session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China [...]