Tag: authoritarian politics
Who Kept Zhao Ziyang Under House Arrest for 16 Years? The Answer Points to Jiang Zemin
Deng Xiaoping removed Zhao; Jiang Zemin made sure he stayed gone The initial decision to remove Zhao...
Zhang Youxia Accused of Leaking China’s Nuclear Secrets to the United States
According to a Jan. 25 exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal, citing multiple informed sources,...
Can Xi Jinping Be Brought Down by His Closest Aide? Cai Qi, Power, and the Politics of Survival in China
By Jian Yi The dictator’s fate—and the men closest to him “The people say: if Stalin had died ten...
Bo Xilai’s Rise and Fall: How Defiant Ambition Turned a Princeling Into a Prisoner
Bo Xilai’s political ambition was never subtle. Born into the family of Bo Yibo—one of the Chinese Communist...