The Chinese government is locked in the contradictory goals of pursuing economic growth while maintaining strong social control through its United Front Work Department. Read more
Even the lowly “flies” and “ants” in China’s vast bureaucracy will not be spared in the corruption fight, a state broadcaster television program showed Sunday. Read more
Recent decades have seen a resurgence of nostalgia for the Mao era — despite its horrors — due in part to its utopian official outlook and fervent patriotic spirit. Read more
Since the occupation of Tibet in 1950, the Chinese Communist Party has persistently distorted historical facts to interfere in Tibetan religious matters. Read more
A sweeping purge of Chinese generals has weakened the People's Liberation Army, exposing deep-rooted corruption that could take more time to fix and slow Chinese leader Xi Jinping'... Read more
China will escalate its challenge to the U.S.-led world order, using a rare Communist Party conference this week to map out a strategy to raise its profile and power on the global stage. Read more
China abruptly ousted nine military figures from its national parliament without explanation, suggesting personnel purges in the upper echelons of the nation’s defense universe are rolling o... Read more
Only a few years ago, at the Communist Party of China’s 19th National Congress in 2017, President Xi Jinping declared that “socialism with Chinese characteristics … (is) blazing a new... Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping used a speech remembering Mao Zedong to push a framework the current leader rolled out recently to counter the West’s capitalist model. Read more
China’s central government is borrowing more to help diffuse a $9.3 trillion time bomb in hidden local debt. But the resulting shift in fiscal power has its own risk: demotivating regional o... Read more
