Waving the red flag: The rise of Chinese patriotism
The Chinese Communist Party routinely encourages people to be patriotic and to love their country. Textbooks which are studied in all of China’s schools highlight achievements of which they should be ...
26 Jul 202214min
How does the Communist Party view China’s wealth inequality?
China is a land of contradictions. This shows up in a stark gap between rich and poor, which is evident through the contrast between conspicuous consumption in the big cities and the much more basic w...
20 Jul 202214min
A powerful force: How cadres shape China
Much of the hard work in running China falls to about 40 million party and government officials, known as cadres. These include powerful figures, such as provincial governors, bosses of state-owned en...
12 Jul 202215min
What’s the best term for China’s unique system of governance?
The international media uses strong words to describe China’s system of governance. American newspapers often inform their readers that China’s regime is “authoritarian” or “totalitarian”, or both. Ye...
5 Jul 202215min
A Tense New Era in Cross-Straits Relations
The danger of war in the Taiwan Strait is growing. This island’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which favours Taiwan’s de jure independence, is becoming increasingly friendly with the United Sta...
28 Jun 202215min
Beijing to Britain: A relationship in flux
British foreign policy, including towards China, is being forged under fraught circumstances. The Conservative government is losing favour not just with the press and the public but has also experienc...
21 Jun 202212min
Contested ideas: The US response to China's Intellectual Property theft
China does not play fair when it comes to the intellectual property of American companies, according to the Biden administration. It is not a new allegation. The US has been complaining about having i...
14 Jun 202215min
Xi Jinping's global ambitions
A decade into the leadership of Xi Jinping, China appears to have even greater potential to transform global affairs than at any stage since it began to open up to the outside world, about thirty year...
7 Jun 202214min
