Chen Guangcheng

Activist Chen Guangcheng has given a nuanced, optimistic account of China’s future. Can its leaders follow suit?

The chengguan urban management officers are meant to enforce non-criminal administrative regulations. Numerous cases of beatings and illegal detention suggest it’s time to rein them in.

The expulsion of an Al Jazeera journalist from China suggests real insecurity among the country’s leaders.

China’s censors have been working overtime recently. But they are likely to be fighting a losing battle.

Keen to shift attention from home, China’s leaders may be tempted to stoke nationalism in the media. It’s risky.

Chen Guancheng’s quest to leave China, China bears, a Pakistani missile test and the country’s improving ties with India feature in this week’s news roundup.

As the dispute between China and the Philippines rumbles on, Chinese cyber warriors are taking up the cause.

Despite a series of diplomatic challenges, relations between the U.S. and China have remained productive. Personal diplomacy is paying dividends.

The U.S. must avoid high-level interventions into China’s domestic politics. But human rights can’t be ignored.

The case of Chen Guangcheng has exposed how fragile the Chinese Communist Party’s control may be. The incompetence of its repressive apparatus has been exposed.

The deal over the Chen Guangcheng case may have been messy. But despite criticism, it was a good result.

Beijing is faced with a raft of policy challenges. What will the current leadership leave for the next this year?