Tag: reform and opening up
Xi Jinping Rewrites Communist Party History to Place Himself Alongside Mao
On July 1, 2026 Xi Jinping marked the Party's 105th anniversary with a roughly forty-minute address at...
China’s ‘Dual-Peak Politics’: How Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun Shaped the Tiananmen Crisis
To understand the evolution of Chinese politics in the post-Mao era and the historic events that led...
Zhao Ziyang’s Fall Was Complete a Year Before Tiananmen
Zhao Ziyang refused to back the Tiananmen crackdown and died under house arrest Zhao Ziyang, who served...
Zhao Ziyang’s Mother Understood the CCP, He Took Sixteen Years to Catch Up
Zhao Ziyang, who served as China's prime minister and Communist Party general secretary during the 1980s...
China’s Economy Is Structurally Broken and Beijing Knows It
The CCP's 'no mass return to poverty' warning is an admission of failure When the CCP's official mouthpiece...
Deng Xiaoping’s Hidden Face: The Calculated Silence Behind China’s ‘Reform Era’ Architect
Deng Xiaoping, who served as the Chinese Communist Party's de facto top leader from the late 1970s through...
Deng Xiaoping’s Dilemma: Why He Rehabilitated Liu Shaoqi but Preserved Mao’s Myth
Deng Xiaoping was one of the most politically astute leaders within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
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...