Fu Longshan
Why Reagan Still Haunts Beijing: What Deng Xiaoping Saw in 1981
On a cold afternoon in Washington on March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan stepped out of the Hilton Hotel and into gunfire. Six shots in three seconds. One bullet struck the presidential limousine, deflected, and entered...
Xi Jinping’s Succession Trap
A phrase reportedly circulating inside Zhongnanhai, the walled compound in central Beijing where China's top leaders live and work, captures the mood inside the Chinese Communist Party's ruling elite: "The air in Beijing is colder...
Deng Xiaoping’s 18-Day Vietnam War and Why China Avoids Military Conflict Over Iran
In February 1979, Chinese troops crossed into northern Vietnam. Eighteen days later, Beijing declared its objectives met and began withdrawing. The speed of that campaign has never been seen as accidental. Deng Xiaoping had just...