Commentary / World Feb 7, 2017
China's billionaires should watch their backs
by William Pesek
Chinese President Xi Jinping's plans to rebalance the economy is threatened by the close ties between officials and big money.
Editorials Jan 27, 2017
China as an open power
For the sake of China's future, Xi Jinping should embrace reforms rather than concentrate power in himself.
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 10, 2017
China anti-corruption drive has punished 1.2 million, watchdog claims
eijing/Hong Kong Nearly 1.2 million people have been punished in China's ongoing anti-graft campaign, a senior official has said, promising that the government will double-down on the drive that some say is a political purge. As part of the campaign, nearly 2,600 fugitives have been extradited ...
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Oct 26, 2016
Trio 'confess' to storing explosives linked to China blast fatal to 14; media muzzled
The toll from a powerful explosion in China rose to 14 dead and 147 injured Tuesday, state media said, as three suspects were arrested and admitted to illegally storing explosives. Monday's blast in Xinmin, in the northern province of Shaanxi, tore through five prefabricated buildings, ...
Commentary / World Oct 11, 2016
China's Xi Jinping courts emperor's syndrome
by William Pesek
Shaking up the Communist Party's leadership succession could give Xi room to deliver much needed reforms.
Commentary / World Aug 30, 2016
Recalling the staggering cost of Mao's misrule
by Frank Ching
His policies resulted in the deaths of an estimated 45 million Chinese, yet Mao Zedong remains the symbol of both the party and the state 40 years after his passing.
Commentary / World Aug 11, 2016
One path to leadership in China is now closed
by Noah Feldman
Instead of sharing power across factions as his two predecessors did, Xi Jinping is consolidating power for himself.
Editorials May 19, 2016
China marks a milestone in silence
Given the scale of the brutalities that were unleashed by the Cultural Revolution and the complicity of almost all Chinese in those events, China's near silence on its 50th anniversary almost makes sense.
Commentary / World Apr 7, 2016
A tricky Edward Snowden moment for China
by William Pesek
The Panama Papers have cast an unwelcome spotlight on the financial affairs of China's elite.
Asia Pacific Apr 7, 2016
Panama Papers link kin of Xi, Mao, Li, other Chinese Communist elite to shell firms
The massive data leak from a Panama-based law firm dealing with offshore shell companies has implicated relatives of no fewer than eight current and former members of China's Politburo Standing Committee, analysis of the data showed Wednesday. The leaked internal documents from Mossack Fonseca & ...
Commentary / World Mar 4, 2016
The Trump effect on China
by Jean-pierre Lehmann
If the Chinese believe that they are being thwarted from getting their due place in the global sun, their anger could fuel the rise of a populist leader.
Commentary / World Feb 9, 2016
The return of fear-based governance in China
by Minxin Pei
With China's international influence growing by the day, the revival of totalitarian scare tactics there has far-reaching — and deeply unsettling — implications for Asia and the world.