Politics Reflections on China’s 12th NPC March 12, 2013 1 By Lowell Dittmer. Somewhat like Western democracies, the institutionalization of China’s “People’s Democratic Dictatorship” since the advent of “reform and opening” in December 1978 (i.e.…
Politics China Under New Leadership: Mixed Signals and Mildly Re-assuring Prospects For Internal Stability and International Cooperation March 7, 2013 0 By Allen Carlson. Now that the dust has begun to settle following last fall’s 18th National Party Congress, an event that anointed Xi Jinping as…
Politics Bureaucratic Reconstruction in China: Rationalities, Realities and Prospects March 5, 2013 0 By Xufeng Zhu. The occasion of the “Two Meetings” convening in Beijing from March 5-16, has stimulated public interest in the new round of bureaucratic…
Politics The certain future March 4, 2013 0 By David S G Goodman. In Chinese culture unlike in the Anglo-world the future is always behind one’s head, not in front, because it is…
Politics Reforms and Restructuring at the NPC Session: Managing Expectations March 3, 2013 0 By Zhengxu Wang. This year’s Lianghui, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and People’s Political Consultative Conference (PPCC), is important in the sense that a new…
Politics Political reform an urgent task for the incoming leadership October 19, 2012 0 by Anastas Vangeli Political reform has a very righteous, even a Confucian purpose in the Party’s discourse. The Party often conceptualizes the need for political…
