Tom Watkins examines the controversy surrounding China’s Confucius Institutes and provides an inside look at how the academic centers spread awareness of Chinese issues while promoting Chinese soft power abroad, ultimately hoping to increase cross-cultural understanding and dialogue.

To create more sustainable supply chains, change needs to happen in China’s manufacturing industry. Dr. Guo Dong specifically analyzes the educational shifts necessary to build middle-manager environmental leadership and capacity.

Polls indicate Chinese citizens have more trust in the central government than local government, a reverse of the United States, which largely distrusts the federal government. Han-Teng Liao argues that China’s Internet guiding and monitoring might be the beginning of a trust-building mechanism.

The anti-corruption declaration signed by APEC members at the just-concluded Beijing meeting was an important moment, and has been a focus of Wang Qishan, Xi Jinping’s anti-graft front-man. Part of his focus, and a continual challenge the party, is leadership, self-discipline, and the institutionalization of anti-corruption mechanisms.

Whether once separated by physical walls or split by existing political ones, today's leaders in China, the United States and Europe -- including newly elected members of the U.S. Congress -- should also think about how much has been and can be accomplished when walls come down, and engagement flourishes.

The recently concluded CPC plenum will prove to be of far-reaching strategic significance for building a socialist political civilization, developing democratic politics with Chinese characteristics, and realizing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, writes Yu Keping.

Is reporting on China in Western media influenced by “schadenfreude”? Stephen Harner answers this question by examining recent commentaries on China and explains why negative news about the country has become commonplace in foreign reporting.

For the first time in history, the Communist Party of China made the rule of law the central focus of the Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee. As Chen Qun explains, there are three reasons why this issue became the central theme of this year’s plenary session.

In the Communist Party of China Central Committee’s 4th Plenum, reform of the legal system was the focus of the meeting. Minxin Pei analyzes the “Major Decisions” document and examines the challenges facing Xi Jinping as he puts forth a new concept of “rule according to law.”

Through the personal accounts of three generations of woman, Lijia Zhang recalls the immense women’s progress in the workplace, family, and society. However, Zhang stresses that there is a long way to go to achieve equality, and describes current actions young feminists are taking in China.