The Rule of Law in Hong Kong (Part One) – Johannes Chan
Dramatic protests in Hong Kong this month, over a draft law that would permit extraditions to mainland China, underscore broader fears amongst Hong Kong residents that their city is losing its distinc...
15 Juni 20191h 19min
How to Be a Sensitive China Watcher – Kaiser Kuo
Today, the reality and consequences of China's rise have come to dominate news headlines the world over. Along with China's growing wealth and power have come new tensions, with the United States and...
24 Maj 20191h 47min
Chinese Governance Under Xi Jinping – Victor Shih
Despite little foreshadowing before he took office, President Xi Jinping has emerged as perhaps the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. This was reinforced in March 2018 when China's Natio...
26 Apr 20191h 54min
Diagnosing China's State-led Capitalism – Yasheng Huang
As Chinese economic growth slows to its lowest rate in 30 years, there is rising concern (including among some Chinese scholars and officials) about the long-term viability of China's distinctive form...
12 Apr 20191h 47min
Local Governance and Accountability in China – Dan Mattingly
How do autocratic regimes secure political obedience, and implement unpopular policies, without always resorting to outright coercive tactics? In a provocative new book, Yale University political sci...
4 Apr 20191h 6min
Property Rights and Economic Development in China – Susan Whiting
At least since China's 1994 fiscal and tax reforms, land-backed development has served as the greatest source of revenue for Chinese local governments—potentially almost 1 trillion US dollars in total...
22 Mars 20191h 5min
The Evolution of Workers' Rights in China – Mary Gallagher
Economic reform since the late 1970s, as well as the dynamics of globalization unleashed in full by China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, have significantly complicated the relation...
14 Mars 20191h 19min
Rights Lawyering in China – Teng Biao
Over the past 16 years, there has emerged in China a community of self-identified "rights defense" (weiquan) lawyers, akin to "cause lawyers" in the United States, who select cases and frame legal adv...
6 Mars 20191h 29min
