Tag: economic decline
Inside China’s Rust Belt: How the Northeast Lost Its Industrial Edge
Northeast China is China's Rust Belt. Global Rust Belt regions all follow the same vicious cycle: economic...
Social Protests in China Surged 50 Percent in 2025
Freedom House's China Dissent Monitor recorded 1,392 protest incidents in the third quarter of 2025 alone...
New York Is Undergoing a ‘Political Climate Change’
By Chen Jing. The most prosperous and diverse city in the United States is being pushed toward an...
Will China See Another Hua Guofeng? Xi Jinping, Dictatorship, and the Politics of Divine Retribution
Public frustration toward Xi Jinping is easy to understand. Yet, as commentator Lü Honglai argues, calling...