You Ji: China aims to project military strength well beyond its borders (EN)
26 July 2016, with You JiXi Jinping has used military reforms to strengthen his command over the People’s Liberation Army. And he’s using personal connections, some dating back to his childhood years,...
26 Jul 201613min
Victor Shih: Xi Jinping and the power question (EN)
22 July 2016, with Victor ShihFor years China was led by consensus – factions in the upper echelons of power were carefully calibrated to keep a balance. But with Xi Jinping all that has changed, says...
22 Jul 201613min
Barry Naughton: "Xi Jinping is not an economic thinker" (EN)
7 July 2016, with Barry NaughtonExpectations for market oriented reforms were running high after the CCP’s 3rd plenum in 2013. But three years on Barry Naughton of the University of California, San Di...
7 Jul 201613min
Tony Saich: “As authoritarian leader I would want to learn from China” (EN)
01.07.2016The speed with which Xi Jinping has introduced stronger controls on society has surprised many China watchers. The Xi administration has been “extraordinarily successful” in controlling and ...
1 Jul 201614min
Roderick MacFarquhar: China’s strong top man heads a very fragile system (EN)
Xi Jinping has centralized power in China to unprecedented levels: he has sidelined both the prime minister and the state council and is trying to control everything himself says distinguished Harvard...
30 Jun 201616min
China Dispute: Will Top-Down Leadership Achieve Political Stability? (EN)
28 June 2016Review of MERICS China Dispute “The Xi Jinping challenge: Will top-down leadership achieve political stability in China?” with Richard McGregor, Roderick MacFarquhar, Sebastian Heilmann an...
28 Jun 201642min
Michael Fuchs: Trump's „unpredictability is not a foreign policy“ (EN)
21 June 2016Michael Fuchs on Trump: „Unpredictability is not a foreign policy“ China is one of Donald Trump’s favourite punching bags. If elected to the White House, he wants to label China a “currenc...
21 Jun 201613min
Arthur Kroeber: "China’s economic policies lack clarity and direction" (EN)
9 June 2016With the right economic policies China could continue to grow at a rate of about five per cent per year for another decade says Arthur Kroeber of Gavecal Dragonomics, an independent researc...
9 Jun 201615min
