China China’s ambassador scolds the West to flatter Xi January 29, 2020 0 Image Credit: Xi Jinping by Global Panorama/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Joris Teer and Ardi Bouwers. In 2019 China ushered in a new…
China What can Cuba and China learn from each other? March 2, 2018 0 Written by Jiang Shixue. Although China and Cuba are totally different in terms of their economic size, endowment in resources, geographical locations and cultural traditions,…
China Xi Jinping and the end of China’s term limits March 1, 2018 3 Written by Simone van Nieuwenhuizen. The 1982 amendments to the constitution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) indicated that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Politics The development-stability nexus at home and abroad October 5, 2017 3 Written by Matt Ferchen and Renny Babiarz. After the death of Mao in 1976, Deng Xiaoping's moderate faction and Hua Guofeng's so-called ultra-leftist faction competed…
China Ruling the Country by Red-letterhead Documents? September 19, 2017 0 Written by George G. Chen and Matthias Stepan. The “intra-Party rules and regulations” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are taking on a preeminent role…
China No Space for Democracy? Political Dissidence in Colonial and Contemporary Hong Kong July 13, 2017 0 Written by Adam Cathcart and Alexander Nicholas Shaw. For Cold War historians looking at the Occupy Central movement of 2014 and Xi Jinping’s recent visit to…
China Roots and Prospects of Xi’s Cultural Policy December 23, 2016 2 Written by Giorgio Strafella and Daria Berg. The speech pronounced by Xi Jinping at a conference on political work in higher education on 7 December 2016,…
China The Rise of the Chinese National Security State Under Xi Jinping December 15, 2016 0 Written by Tai Ming Cheung. China has flourished since it opened its doors to the outside world and embarked on economic development from the late…
China Party-Military Relations after Xi’s Military Reforms December 8, 2016 0 Written by Arthur Ding. In late 2015, Chinese leader Xi Jinping formally announced his much anticipated military reforms. It is said to be the largest…
China Xi vs Deng: Stronger China, Harder Choices. November 3, 2016 0 Written by Jo Inge Bekkevold. Chinese politics is increasingly revolving around China’s new strongman Xi Jinping. Xi is often portrayed as China’s most powerful leader since…