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  • Wang Huiyao, Founder, Center for China & Globalization

    Miao Lv, Founder, Center for China & Globalization

    May 02, 2017

    The Chinese government’s recent decision to issue “Foreign Permanent Residence Identity Cards” to foreign nationals working in China is a great step forward in facilitating the introduction of overseas talents. The change is not just in name, from the previous “residence permit” to the present “residence ID”.

  • Cheng Li, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution

    Lucy Xu, Senior Research Assistant, Thornton China Center

    Apr 27, 2017

    Xi Jinping’s administration has emphasized the promotion of leaders who have worked in China’s poorest and most remote provinces, or “hardship” regions. But not all emerging heavyweights with experience in hardship regions are Xi Jinping’s protégés. In fact, some have strong personal ties to Hu Jintao (胡锦涛) and Li Keqiang (李克强).

  • Cheng Li, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution

    Yiou Zhang, Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University

    Apr 19, 2017

    Though the Chinese leadership has labored over the past three decades to instill rules and norms into its elite selection process, concerns have persisted over the effectiveness and durability of these nascent institutional mechanisms. What institutional limitations and political barriers stand in the way? The selection of ethnic minority leaders provides a good case study that sheds valuable light on these questions.

  • Shaun Tan, Writer

    Apr 18, 2017

    Asian leaders have an incentive to twist Confucius and, in all likelihood, many Western commentators don’t trouble to read his texts before taking conventional pronouncements at face value. But defining him by the hierarchical part of his teachings makes as much sense as defining Socrates by his totalitarian vision of a Republic. It is to ignore the balance that is the essence of his philosophy.

  • Joseph S. Nye, Professor, Harvard University

    Apr 13, 2017

    Contrary to some commentary, the American political system has not been swept away by a wave of populism, and no one should underestimate US institutions.

  • Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

    Apr 05, 2017

    Chinese President Xi Jinping has responded to Donald Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric by backing “openness” and “economic liberalization.” He said protectionism was like “locking yourself in a dark room.” Although his message was welcome, many in the West observed that his government followed a very different course at home, cracking down on contact with foreign people and thoughts.

  • Alison Friedman, Founding Director, Ping Pong Productions

    Apr 05, 2017

    Artists in every country face funding challenges, so what is unique about China’s situation? One word: change.

  • Cheng Li, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution

    Mar 30, 2017

    At a time when male-dominance in political leadership is being challenged in many parts of the world, the PRC public is likely to take greater notice of the gender imbalance within China’s political elite. Although the PRC party-state system has successfully incorporated a broader range of backgrounds and viewpoints over time, China lags behind global trends in elevating female leaders. Unless Xi and the CCP leadership prioritize vigorous institutional reforms to address this issue now, the insufficient representation of women leaders will remain a notable deficiency of the PRC party-state system for the years to come.

  • Curtis S. Chin, Former U.S. Ambassador to Asian Development Bank

    Mar 27, 2017

    Cities in China and across Asia are growing outwards and upwards at breakneck speed. Livable, dynamic and vibrant cities are greater testament to a country’s prosperity and policy successes than any number of skyscrapers, no matter how big or how tall. As cities in America and China build higher, it is what is sustained below that will matter most.

  • Wang Yiwei, Jean Monnet Chair Professor, Renmin University of China

    Mar 17, 2017

    Chinese consultative democracy, as embodied in the “two sessions”, is enriching global understanding of democratic institutions. The advantages of the Chinese political system lie in the fact that it takes into consideration both democracy and centralization, efficiency and fairness, outcome and procedure.

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