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01.09.19
Normalization of Sino-American Relations: 40 Years Later
The spirited 2019 New Year’s speeches of Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and China’s President Xi Jinping have just reminded the world that, 40 years after the normalization of relations between the United States and China, the potentially explosive...
The NYRB China Archive
06.18.18
‘Ruling Through Ritual’: An Interview with Guo Yuhua
from New York Review of Books
Guo Yuhua is one of China’s best-known sociologists and most incisive government critics. A professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, she has devoted her career to researching human suffering in Chinese society, especially that of peasants, the...
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02.11.15China’s Wealthy Parents Are Fed Up With State-Run Education
Foreign Policy
Forget rote memorization and pressure-packed tests—Western, alternative learning is the new rage.
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01.20.15
China’s Losing Bet Against History
In 1991, Deng Xiaoping famously explained that in order to reassure the world of its peaceful intentions, China should “cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership...
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05.30.13Ideological Debate: Drawing the Battle Lines
Economist
Xi Jinping’s lip service to liberalization and constitutionalism has emboldened advocates of political reform. Party officials have responded by rallying against constitutionalism and warning activists to not adopt Western ideals.
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05.21.13Chinese Leaders Warn Against ‘Dangerous’ Western Values
New York Times
The demands for ideological conformity show that Mr. Xi and other leaders want to inoculate the public from expectations of major political liberalization, even as they explore loosening some state controls over the economy.