China’s "Princelings" Present Issue for CCP
The Wall Street Journal explains the challenge posed to the CCP by China’s “princelings,” including Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai’s son Bo Guagua, who are embracing their wealth and privilege and...
View ArticleUnprecedented Promotion for Social Stability Officials
The promotion of “social stability” is one of the core tenets of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao’s administration, one of their ingredients for building a “harmonious society.” Jiangxi Province’s report on...
View ArticleBear in a China Shop
Against a swelling chorus of bearism, Arthur Kroeber argues that China is likely to continue its economic ascent. But, he writes, although “China will likely surpass the United States as the world’s...
View ArticleDoes India’s Exodus Vindicate Web Control?
In India, online rumours of ethnic violence have driven hundreds of thousands from their homes and, as self-fulfilling prophecies, left dozens dead. From Ishaan Tharoor at TIME: In the world’s largest...
View ArticlePolitics Holding Back Economic Reforms
Heading into the National Day holiday, and on the cusp of a yet-to-be-scheduled leadership transition, The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs reports that political distractions have prevented the Communist...
View ArticleHow Far Can The CCP Push Reform?
McClatchy Newspapers’ Tom Lasseter tells the story of a July 2010 uprising in the suburban Beijing village of Raolefu, where angry villagers disputed the shady re-election of a corrupt leader and where...
View ArticleBlack Friday in Red China
November 11th was Singles Day—in Evan Osnos’ words, the “Chinese answer to Black Friday … an orgy of consumption on a level the world has rarely seen”. At The New Yorker, Osnos contrasts this festival...
View ArticleCensorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (20)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org...
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Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (31)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org...
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Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (32)
Socialism with Chinese characteristics. In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were...
View ArticleInequality, Unemployment Higher Than Expected
A new survey suggests that China’s Gini coefficient—a measure of inequality—is far higher than either other recent estimates or the 0.4 mark often said to represent potentially destabilising...
View ArticleCensorship Vault: Blogging Black List and More
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org...
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Ministry of Truth: The “Almighty God Cult”
“Only Almighty God can save humanity.” The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities,...
View ArticleYu Jianrong: Reassessing China’s ‘Rigid Stability’
In an essay translated by Jason Todd, professor Yu Jianrong argues that China’s fixation on “stability at all costs” is misguided and unsustainable. He advocates the cultivation of a resilient and...
View Article“China Needs Justice, Not Equality”
At Foreign Affairs, Martin King Whyte writes that despite growing alarm about economic inequality in China, satisfaction with and optimism about personal gains have defused much of its political...
View ArticleThe Heavy Fist Must Come Out to Deal With Online Rumours (Written Conversation)
The following is reposted from China Copyright and Media with the permission of the author. This collection of three articles denouncing online rumours was published on 23 August in Red Flag...
View ArticleChina’s Turn Against Law
At Human Rights Watch, Carl Minzner charts how the judicial reforms of the 1980s and 90s stalled and gave way to short-term and often counterproductive stability maintenance: […] Citizens themselves...
View ArticleXinjiang to See ‘Major Strategy Shift’
As unrest grows in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Xi Jinping will be reorienting the region’s policy from one focused primarily on economic development to one that also emphasizes social...
View Article“Cultural Threats” a Focus for New National Security Panel
Cultural challenges from the West will be among five threats targeted by Xi Jinping’s new national security commission, according to a senior colonel writing in the Central Party School’s Study Times....
View Article“China Flexes Muscle, Obama Frets Over Its Weakness”
While China often voices suspicion that the U.S. is trying to undermine it, president Barack Obama told NPR in May that “we do not have an interest in stopping China from becoming successful. […] We...
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