Commentary / World Feb 18, 2020
Is political change coming to China?
by Yuen Yuen Ang
The viral epidemic has come at the worst time, laying bare the weaknesses of Xi's rule.
Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Feb 18, 2020
Rare release of Xi's speech on coronavirus puzzles top China watchers
China's elite politics are a black box, and the country's leaders like to keep it that way. That's what makes the events of this weekend so perplexing — even to seasoned China watchers. On Saturday, the ruling Communist Party's top theoretical publication, Qiushi Journal, released ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 14, 2020
China mulls delaying annual legislative meeting amid virus spread, sources say
China is considering postponing the annual meeting of its national parliament scheduled in early March, as the country grapples with the outbreak of a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus, sources close to the matter said Thursday. Every year, the National People's Congress takes place for at least ...
Business / Economy Feb 11, 2020
China's Xi warned officials that efforts to contain coronavirus outbreak could hurt economy
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned top officials last week that efforts to contain the new coronavirus had gone too far, threatening the country's economy, sources said, days before Beijing rolled out measures to soften the blow. With growth at its slowest in nearly three decades, ...
Commentary / World Feb 10, 2020
China's misguided priorities prove costly
by Brad Glosserman
Will the Chinese Communist Party learn from its errors in handling the coronavirus outbreak, or will it revert to its old habits of denial and distraction?
Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Feb 3, 2020
Xi has lots at stake as Chinese officials point fingers over coronavirus
Since taking power, Chinese President Xi Jinping has effectively made himself "chairman of everything." The coronavirus scare is showing all the risks involved with that strategy. Xi last week took direct control of the response to the outbreak, showing the high stakes in a crisis ...
Commentary / World Jan 29, 2020
Coronavirus a disease of Chinese autocracy
by Minxin Pei
China continues to undermines its own and the world's safety in order to bolster the CCP's authority.
Commentary / World Jan 28, 2020
Crisis tests China's system of governance
by Frank Ching
The system's obsession with controlling information means it isn't flexible enough to prevent a crisis from developing.
Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Oct 28, 2019
Amid crises, Xi Jinping seems set to uphold Communist Party rule at secretive China conclave
by Ben Blanchard, Kevin Yao and Keith Zhai
China's Communist Party leaders Monday kicked off their most important meeting this year, with President Xi Jinping expected to champion the Chinese model of governance while fighting protracted economic and political crises at home and abroad. The four-day conclave comes at a critical time, as ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Oct 28, 2019
The elite Central Committee of China's ruling Communist Party will hold a closed-door meeting from Monday to Thursday to set the major policies for the year ahead and beyond, and will probably discuss crises ranging from Hong Kong to the trade war with Washington. Formally, ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Oct 1, 2019
Hong Kong defies China anniversary with 'Day of Grief' rallies and clashes
Protesters and police battled across Hong Kong on Tuesday in the some of the most serious clashes since widespread unrest began in June, with reports emerging that a demonstrator has been shot for the first time as the strife-torn city marked the 70th anniversary ...
Asia Pacific / Politics | FOCUS Sep 30, 2019
Taiwan greets China's massive 70th anniversary celebrations with a collective shrug
by Sean Chang
Communist China's creation seven decades ago irrevocably changed Taiwan, but Beijing's huge celebrations this week will be met with a collective shrug on an island where people increasingly see themselves as distinct from the mainland. After the People's Republic of China was declared on Oct. ...