China Plans 2020 Deadline for Dismantling Capital Controls
Top officials in the Communist Party will discuss pledging to “make the yuan convertible under the capital account".
The NYRB China Archive
10.22.15
The Bloodthirsty Deng We Didn’t Know
from New York Review of Books“Deng was…a bloody dictator who, along with Mao, was responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people, thanks to the terrible social reforms and unprecedented famine of 1958–1962.” This is the conclusion of Alexander...
China Turns to Online Courses, and Mao, for Soft-Power Mission
“It was like watching propaganda.”
Feminism With Chinese Characteristics
China is making progress on women’s issues, but anyone trying to publicize remaining issues faces a serious backlash.
In a Region Disturbed by Ethnic Tensions, China Keeps Tight Lid on a Massacre
Armed with only knives, the assailants struck at the coal mine in the dead of night.
Taiwan Prepares For Turmoil As China Watches Its Elections From Afar
The basic question before voters in next year’s poll is whether they will still exist as a country.
Ai Weiwei Memoir Coming in Spring 2017
Crown Publishing Group announced that it will publish a memoir by the artist in the spring of 2017.
China Tightens TV Censorship after Cleavage Controversies
New rules may require some Chinese shows to delay broadcasts by as much as six months.
In China’s State News Media, What Is Said May Not Be What’s Printed
An Australian journalist was misquoted as saying the people of Tibet had a “wonderful life.”
Survivors Tell the Camera the Hidden Tale of China's Great Famine
When Li Yaqin was 16, she ate what her family could scavenge.
A Land China Loves and Hates
The Chinese hostility to America is first and foremost the result of government propaganda.
China Opens Communist Party Theme Park
Who needs Disneyland when you can have a theme park for youngsters to declare their loyalty to China's Communist Party?
Dalai Lama: China More Concerned About Future Dalai Lamas Than I Am
"I have no concern," he told Amanpour in London, adding that it is "possible" he would be the last Dalai Lama.
The Chinese Government Is Cranking Up the Nationalism After Its Nobel Win
In a way, the Nobel honor is a double-whammy for the Chinese government’s nationalist agenda.
China’s Xi Jinping Changes the Odds in Macau
If there’s one skill that the U.S. gambling moguls who staked their futures here have mastered it’s calculating the odds.
At U.N., China Uses Intimidation Tactics to Silence Its Critics
“When I was hiding in the mountains, the Chinese government announced a cash reward of 200,000 yuan (about $31,000) for whoever finds me.”
Artist Ai Weiwei Discovers Hidden 'Listening Devices' in Beijing Studio
"When I found these bugs, I had a strange feeling," he said.
Troubles for the ‘China Model’
Meritocracy has worked for Beijing, but to survive, the system needs more openness.
On China’s National Day, Hong Kong Protesters Say That They Are Not Part of China
Small groups of protesters waved the blue colonial flag.
China’s Latest Ally in Its Crackdown on Religion: The Pope
This week, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Pope Francis missed each other on their back-to-back visits to the United States.
China Says Arrests Two Japanese for Spying
Japan's Asahi newspaper said one man was taken into custody in China's northeast province of Liaoning near the border with North Korea and the other in the eastern province of Zhejiang near a military facility.
Asia's Richest Man Li Voices Support For China's Leadership
Li said he resolutely supported China's path to reform and opening up.
Top Hong Kong Judges Defend Rule of Law in Face of China Pressure
Two top Hong Kong judges on Friday defended the rule of law in an apparent rebuke of China's top official.
Hybrid Warfare With Chinese Characteristics
From Sun Tzu to Xi Jinping: Russia isn’t the only one who knows hybrid warfare.
Two Very Different Men Visit D.C.: China’s Leader And His Teenage Nemesis
Xi Jinping will get a state dinner and a 21-gun salute while Joshua Wong is in town to talk about Hong Kong’s fight for self-determination.
China Dissident's Wife Rejects Invite to State Department
The United States has warned that the toughest crackdown in years on Chinese activists threatens to cloud the high-profile visit by Xi.
Why Tibet Could Be the Best Opportunity for Xi Jinping
The state visit is a growing alarm about China's less than peaceful rise, and provides a rare opportunity for Obama to give an important message on Tibet.
China's Xi Tells Foreign NGOs to Obey the Law
Foreign organisations in China should "obey Chinese law".
Working for A Chinese Boss Is Great, Ordinary Americans Explain in This Slick New Pro-China Video
The video is called “When China met Carolina”.
China Seeks 'New Model' for Relations with U.S.
Despite the enormous range and complexity of the US-China relationship, it is becoming ever harder to manage.
This Explains Why China Is Taking So Long to Reform Its Economic System
The new leadership is turning back to old measures to stimulate growth.
China Hails U.S. Repatriation of Corruption Fugitive
The repatriation of Yang Jinjun marked the first time that China has succeeded in getting a wanted corruption suspectback from the U.S.
The Chinese Government Is Censoring A Documentary About Mothers Who Love Their Gay Kids
The upcoming court case of a filmmaker from Beijing, stands out.
Chinese Society 'Very Fragile,' Warns Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei
Suffocated by censorship, Chinese society is "very fragile," warned dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Thursday.
For the First Time Ever, China’s Communist Party Is Openly Questioning Its Legitimacy
China’s Communist Party invited political figures and academics to attend a meeting in Beijing.
Caixin Media
09.08.15
Amnesty As a Stepping Stone to Rule of Law
A recent amnesty declaration affecting convicted criminals deemed no threat to society was a poignant reminder of China’s tradition of prudent punishment, support for human rights, and progress toward of rule of law.
The recent decision by...
The China Africa Project
09.04.15
South Africa’s Inexplicable Love Affair with China
While the recent economic turmoil in China is prompting a number of African countries to reconsider their growing economic dependence on the People’s...
Media
09.03.15
Who Is Xi Jinping? Introducing the Asia Society Podcast
from Asia BlogThree years after Xi Jinping took control of China’s Communist Party and assumed the country’s leadership, he has emerged as one of the world’s most powerful people. But his tenure has also raised uncomfortable questions. Is he a reformer bent on...
For China, a Plunge and a Reckoning
Anyone trying to design an event to bring Xi Jinping’s China back to Earth couldn’t have engineered something much more elegant than the turmoil in China’s financial markets and the resulting global aftershocks. The upheaval is traumatic for...
The Politburo’s Predicament
Freedom House
Drawing on an analysis of hundreds of official documents, censorship directives, and human rights reports, as well as some 30 expert interviews, the study finds that the overall degree of repression has increased under the new leadership....
The NYRB China Archive
08.13.15
China: The Superpower of Mr. Xi
from New York Review of BooksIn the almost one-hundred-year existence of the Chinese Communist Party (C.C.P.), its current general secretary, Xi Jinping, is only the second leader clearly chosen by his peers. The first was Mao Zedong. Both men beat out the...
China’s Un-separation of Powers
U.S. industry has figured out how to pull the levers of power in China but also points to a substantial change in how China is governed. In the past, there was at least some separation between party and government roles, but it seems that the...
Confucius Says, Xi Does
Since he came to power in 2012, Mr Xi has sought to elevate Confucius—whom Mao vilified—as the grand progenitor of Chinese culture.
China Probes Senior Xinjiang Security Official For Graft
A deputy regional security chief and former head of the prison system, Xie Hui, in Xinjiang has been put under investigation for suspected corruption.
Conversation
07.21.15
Is China’s Reform Era Over and, If So, What’s Next?
Fordham Law School professor and regular ChinaFile contributor Carl Minzner says we've arrived at “...
Understanding Xi Jinping’s ‘Key Minority’
Xi’s renewed attention to the performance of county leaders shows that he is relying on local officials to play a pivotal role in implementing his program.
One-Time Aide to China’s Ex-President Accused of Corruption
Party investigators accuse Ling Jihua, 58, once aide to former President Hu Jintao, of accepting bribes and illegally obtaining party and state secrets.
Breaking Beijing?
The government's harsh crackdown could crack the regime.
Q. and A.: Francis Fukuyama on China's Political Development
Stanford historian argues an effective political system has to balance state capacity against rule of law and democracy.
Why Do the Chinese Hack? Fear
To ensure its survival, the Chinese Communist Party has decided that it must control the Internet.
Viewpoint
04.10.15
Bury Zhao Ziyang, and Praise Him
Zhao Ziyang, the premier and general secretary of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 1980s, died on January 17, 2005. At a tightly...
Books
04.09.15
Revolutionary Cycles in Chinese Cinema, 1951-1979
A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema.
Born Red
How Xi Jinping, an unremarkable provincial administrator, became China’s most authoritarian leader since Mao.
Xi Jinping Forever
Is China’s increasingly powerful president angling to break tradition and extend his rule indefinitely?
Viewpoint
04.01.15
China’s Government Is Serious About Fundamentally Reshaping Itself
Respected China scholar David Shambaugh recently set off a firestorm among other China specialists when he predicted the collapse of China’s ruling Communist Party...
The Devil, or Mr Wang
China’s second most powerful leader is admired and feared.