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The Fourth Plenum Curse: How the CCP’s Power Ritual Keeps Repeating Itself
In the Chinese Communist Party’s political calendar, the Fourth Plenum—the fourth full meeting of each...
From Democracy Wall to Secret Executions: Yang Shangkun’s Diary on Hu and Deng
Recently unearthed excerpts from "Yang Shangkun’s Diary" shed new light on private conversations between...
Power and Propaganda: Observable Indications About Whether Xi Has Lost Control
Rumors and speculation about Xi Jinping “losing power” have been circulating on the internet for more...
‘Vast Technocratic Bureaucracy’ Said to Be Aiming for Removal of Xi Jinping
Despite using his anti-corruption campaign and political purges to consolidate power after taking office...
Echoes of Tiananmen Square: 35 Years Later, People’s Calls to Remember Grow Louder
On June 3-4, 1989, the world witnessed the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, a brutal suppression...
Communist Politics Are Bringing Disaster to China–And Xi Jinping
News analysis China is not doing well, and Xi Jinping is largely to blame. Draconian efforts to...
Beijing Renews Plans for Private Sector Reform as Economy Sinks
The Chinese leadership aims to create a new mechanism that would open up more of the economy to the private...
China’s Official Growth Figures Are Impossible, Says Economist
The Chinese government on Oct. 18 released its third-quarter GDP growth statistics, claiming that the...
Communist Policies Hurt China’s Coastal Economy as US Tariffs Loom
The Chinese private sector, having grown extensively in the last several decades, is now on the verge...
The Chinese Government Paints a New Picture of the Cultural Revolution
The decade-long Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) was one of the Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong’...