
Commentary / World Feb 7, 2021
Biden plays Deng’s card against Xi
by Frank Ching
Chinese officials are clearly disappointed that he doesn’t seem to be thinking of China and did not mention China during his inaugural address.
Biden plays Deng’s card against Xi
Chinese officials are clearly disappointed that he doesn’t seem to be thinking of China and did not mention China during his inaugural address.
Deng's refusal to truly liberalize China has imposed enduring costs on the country, which increasingly bends reality to the illusions that it propagates.
Forty years ago, Beijin embarked on an economic program that has transformed the China and the world.
Japan, China had agreement to maintain Senkaku status quo, Suzuki-Thatcher files show
The two countries agreed to avoid discussing their claims to the islets, according to newly released documents on a 1982 conversation between Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Down with Dengism, an obstacle to progress
While former leader Deng Xiaoping — whose birth 110 years ago was recently celebrated in China — deserves appreciation for having brought China back from the abyss of Maoism, his approach, "Dengism," is now impeding the country's economic prospects.
Seventeen years after his death, Deng Xiaoping's grip on China remains as tight as ever.
Tiananmen Square stokes patriotic education
Last week, I discussed the prelude to the Tiananmen Square uprising and the ruthless government crackdown on June 4, 1989. The slaughter of students and their supporters who gathered in Beijing in the spring of 1989 and occupied Tiananmen Square for seven weeks made ...