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Chinese politics

On the Chinese Campaign Trail: The Path to the 19th Party Congress
By Kerry Brown
Imagining what Xi Jinping would say if he had to campaign for re-election in a multi-party contest.

Meet China's Emerging Number 2
By Zi Yang
A biography of Li Zhanshu, the right-hand man to Xi Jinping.

Badiucao: Challenging China With Political Cartoons
By Tyler Roney
How one artist pushes back.

The Global Populist Surge Is More than Just a Western Story—Just Look at Asia
By Devin T. Stewart and Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Populism may be surging in the West, but it's a phenomenon across the Asia-Pacific as well.

China's 6th Plenum: Why You Should Care
By Ankit Panda
The Diplomat‘s Editor-in-Chief Shannon Tiezzi joins Ankit Panda to discuss Chinese politics after the Sixth Plenum.

Xi Jinping's 'Core Leader' Status Will Help China's Reforms in Coming Years
By Dingding Chen
The title signals political stability for the coming years and is good for China's future reforms.

Modern China’s Revolutionary Dream
By Kerry Brown
The role Xi Jinping envisions for the Chinese Communist Party -- and himself.

Charting the Rise of Xi Jinping
By Young China Watchers
Kerry Brown on Xi Jinping and the future of Chinese politics.

Xi Jinping's PLA Ambitions: Why Guo Boxiong Had to Go
By Ankit Panda
Guo Boxiong is the latest PLA 'tiger' to fall to Xi's anti-corruption campaign.

Sorry, There's No 'Cult of Personality' in China
By Dingding Chen
Instead, we should be aware of anti-reforms forces as reforms enter ‘deep water’ areas.

Trump, Mao, and Xi: The Perils of Charisma-Driven Politics
By Kerry Brown
China's painful experiences with personality cults in politics have lessons for two modern-day figures.

A Deep Divide Emerges in China: How Do Intellectuals Relate to the State?
By Dingding Chen
China's intelligentsia continue to grapple with just how they relate to the state.