Chinese Dream

The celebrations of Mao Zedong are actually all about Xi and the current Party leadership.

Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream may be new in name, but it continues a long tradition for the Chinese Communist Party.

Fulfilling Xi’s vision could allow China to better share its prosperity among ordinary Chinese.

Plus who will be the winners and losers from China’s economic transition. Our Wednesday China links.

In Mandarin, “reform” refers to the amelioration of existing structures and policies, not Western democracy.

More than half of China’s massive population live in cities. With hundreds of millions more coming in the next 15-20 years, will they have a place to live?

Analysts are too quick to give international significance to statements the Chinese leader intended for domestic consumption.

African states would do well to be cautious in embracing Xi’s African Dream wholeheartedly.

David Cohen on the rise of the “diaosi” culture on the Chinese internet — and the terms evolution and meaning.

Many talk of China “rising.” Chinese view their fortunes as a return to greatness from a “century of humiliation” — and not a rise from nothing.

Beijing is expanding efforts to enhance its soft power. Events at home illustrate why such moves are headed for trouble.

It seems China’s new leader has already begun to differentiate himself from his predecessor.