China Ideology in China’s military reform May 18, 2018 1 Written by Juliette Genevaz. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), that analysts still qualified as a “junkyard army” at the turn of the twenty-first century, transformed…
Asia Is China moving towards a nuclear ‘war-fighting’ posture? June 13, 2017 0 Written by James Johnson. Recent analytical and scholarly coverage on Chinese nuclear capabilities and thinking has tended to emphasise stability and non-belligerence in Beijing’s attitude…
China Xi’s Remaking of China’s Political Landscape April 27, 2017 0 Written by Hans H. Tung. Xi Jinping's first term since 2012 has dazzled many seasoned observers of Chinese politics. There were open trials of prominent…
China How sustainable is China’s social security system? October 14, 2016 1 Written by Matthias Stepan. Social policy is one of the policy fields that remain firmly in the hands of the State Council. In the nearly four…
Politics Implications for China’s Soft Power under Xi Jinping April 5, 2016 0 Written by Kingsley Edney. Soft power has become a popular concept in China. When Hu Jintao mentioned soft power in his report to the 2007…
China China’s military parade is an error of judgement September 2, 2015 4 Written by Steve Tsang. Whenever the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) departs from routine protocol, it is usually highly significant. Today’s military parade in Beijing, which…
China Is the CCP’s Aspirational Leadership Narrative Un-American or Anti-American ? Wang Huning as a Test Case August 21, 2015 2 Written by Niv Horesh. In 1991, David Shambaugh famously damned China’s American-studies establishment as advancing a “shallow and seriously distorted” understanding of US culture, history,…
International Relations From Hide and Bide to a New Model of Big Power Relations November 18, 2014 0 Written by Suisheng Zhao. President Xi Jinping has called for building a new model of big power relations with the US, in which China’s rise would…
Politics Next PLA Shoes to Fall November 7, 2012 1 by Chris Clarke. With the appointment of the two vice chairmen, it now seems clear that outgoing General Armaments Department Director Chang Wanquan, 63, will…
International Relations Personnel Changes in the Military Leadership First November 5, 2012 4 By Zhengxu Wang. The appointment of two new vice chairmen to the Central Military Committee at the just-closed Plenum shows Hu Jintao is now in…
