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Sinica Podcast: The numbers behind Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign
This week’s Sinica Podcast features Peter Lorentzen of the University of San Francisco, who, together with Xi Lu of the National University of Singapore, harnessed data to examine Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive.
China, Taiwan, and a dearth of ideas
Did Xi Jinping, in a January 2 speech, misjudge the will of the Taiwanese for self-dependence — and inadvertently revive Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen’s political…
Chinese don’t fight Chinese, but they might invade your island
On New Year’s Day, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文 Cài Yīngwén) gave a speech (English, Chinese) in which she describes “four musts” (四個必須 sìgè bìxū)…
The Party’s in charge, and nobody’s going to boss us around
The U.S. State Department’s 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices seems to have been the inspiration for a page on Baidu’s online encyclopedia coining a…
The markets and the advance of the state
It’s worth contrasting state media’s drumbeat of “reform and opening up” with this cartoon from exiled satirist Rebel Pepper, recently published on Radio Free Asia’s…
Xi Jinping and the Party are stronger than you think
UPDATE 9/25/18: Deng Yuwen’s essay has been translated into English by China Matters. Read it here. Deng Yuwen 邓聿文 is one of the most interesting…
Xi eats caviar, downs vodka with Putin, and smiles at Abe
One view among China-watchers is that Beijing was unprepared for the change in mood in Washington, D.C. Xi Jinping and his advisers had not realized…
Baseball is trending the right direction in China
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature in which China Sports Insider Mark Dreyer looks at the week that was in the China sports world…
Xinjiang in the spotlight at forthcoming UN hearing
Today, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Geneva time (4 a.m. – 7 a.m. EST, or starting 4 p.m. China time), the United Nations Committee…
More on peak Xi
A week ago in this newsletter, I wondered if a critical essay about Xi Jinping that was circulated widely marked peak Xi, or the zenith of…
Deng Xiaoping learns from Xi Jinping’s dad
Benjamin Carlson, China economic correspondent for Agence France-Presse, tweeted about a visit to an exhibit at the National Museum of Art in Beijing about the 40th…
Peak Xi Jinping? Two essays, six years apart, offer perspective on Chinese president
In 2012, Deng Yuwen 邓聿文, commentary writer and deputy editor of the Central Party School’s journal, Study Times, published a three-part essay titled “The Political Legacy of…
The one person in China who can’t talk about soccer during the World Cup
The one person in China who can’t talk about soccer during the World Cup
People’s Daily ♥︎ Xi Jinping
The People’s Daily website’s top story today (in Chinese) is titled “Xi Jinping and the People’s Daily — the deep passion of the last half century.”…
Xi Jinping honors Vladimir Putin with China’s first-ever Friendship Medal
Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the highest state honor, the Friendship Medal of the People’s Republic of China, on June…
Xi takes a romantic walk on the beach with Kim Jong-un
The top story on all central state media in China for most of today in English and Chinese: Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un continued their bromance…
Xi to Modi: Let’s work together for the ‘revival of Eastern civilization’
General Secretary Xi Jinping’s “informal” summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi began in Wuhan on April 27. Here’s the latest news, reaction, and analysis from…
Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi plan quality time together in Wuhan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “will have an ‘informal and heart-to-heart’ two-day summit with the ever-powerful Chinese President Xi Jinping in Mao Zedong’s favorite holiday…
Xi Jinping emphasizes the importance of the Communist Manifesto
If you thought Communism was dead, Xi Jinping would like to remind you that it is very important to study the Communist Manifesto. Xinhua News…
