Waves of anxiety crash into China’s Communist Party
Domestic and foreign policy gaffes make this the Year of Living Dangerously for President Xi Jinping
Communist Party of China
Outcast Russia has left China shaken and stirred
Tough sanctions and Moscow’s flawed political and military strategy in Ukraine send shockwaves through Beijing’s elite
China’s economic blues amid Olympic Games gold
Debt has become a big issue for Beijing as it struggles to contain a property bubble and rising bad loans
‘China mania’ rhetoric echoes Party propaganda line
Behind the Beijing Olympics hype lies a ruling Communist Party steeped in secrecy and subterfuge
Winter Olympics have been a coup for China’s regime
Staging the Beijing 2022 Games has bolstered the ruling Communist Party’s legitimacy
China’s dream turned into a nightmare for the West
Economic reforms were never going to lead to political freedom under the leadership of the Communist Party
China caught in the jaws of a democratic dilemma
Beijing risks falling into a rhetorical trap with the West by clinging to its brand of ‘democracy’
How China has faked its Covid-19 numbers
They include the disappearance of Chinese coronavirus deaths from official reports after April 1, 2020
China’s Liaoning flagship outclassed and outgunned
The stripped hulk was purchased in 1998 and towed to the Dalian naval shipyard in China
Digital dragnet tightens China’s censorship grip
Hong Kong’s freedom of speech crackdown is just part of a broader global strategy to silence Party critics