Illusions of Control
Public messaging that Xi Jinping is further consolidating power at the 20th Party Congress would make a financial crisis in China more probable.
How Xi Jinping Can Strengthen the Chinese Economy
The Chinese leader needs to improve the policy making process.
China’s Trillion Dollar Holding
Fears that China’s U.S. Treasury holdings are a vulnerability are often overblown.
The Tragedy of Taiwan’s Success
Six decades after first spending time in Taiwan, Orville Schell recently went back for a visit and was struck by how much the island has...
Xi’s Economic Fumbles
The Chinese economy is in its worst shape in recent memory — and most of its problems can be directly or indirectly attributed to Xi...
Ash Carter on the Pentagon’s Lonely Pivot to Asia
The former Secretary of Defense talks about what went wrong during the 'rebalancing' effort; Xi Jinping's big mistake with ethnocentrism; and the 'Great Firewall of...
Is The Sino-Russia Relationship Cracking?
A careful examination of recent events should discourage any wishful thinking that Beijing is distancing itself from Moscow.
The Renminbi’s Hostage Crisis
The renminbi’s fall against the dollar this year seems to have caused Chinese policymakers unusual levels of anxiety.
Aaron Friedberg on What the U.S. Got Wrong About China
The professor talks about his latest book; why engagement was a gamble, not a blunder; what changed after Tiananmen; and why the U.S. should take...
What To Expect from the Twentieth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Tony Saich’s best guesstimates on Xi’s chances of reappointment, how the party’s leadership structure will change, and what to look for in terms of future...
China’s Future Will Reflect Russia’s
China is now continuing a century-long pattern of mirroring its neighbor’s historical trajectory.
China’s Bot Boom
China became “the world’s factory” in large part due to its demographics: a tidal wave of young, hungry workers drove growth by churning out low...