Norihiro Kato, Professor, Waseda University
Feb 14, 2014
Recently, the once-deviant discourse has moved into the light. In fact, the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been doing some of the very things Sekihotai demanded of Nakasone and Takeshita, writes Norihiro Kato.
Shen Dingli, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
Feb 14, 2014
The Third Plenum of the Eighteenth Party’s Congress reflects recent efforts by the Chinese government to reform its military sector. By examining the historical challenges in reforming China’s military, Shen Dingli highlights the importance of forging a civil-military partnership that entails the upgrading of Chinese leadership institution and tapping the resources of each other.
Liu Huawen, Deputy Director, Center for Human Rights Studies, CASS
Feb 12, 2014
The United States and China have different and distinct understandings and approaches over the issue of human rights, writes Liu Huawen.
Qin Xiaoying, Research Scholar, China Foundation For Int'l and Strategic Studies
Feb 04, 2014
The new leadership’s fresh approach to corruption has certainly been a heart-winner. Yet there have also been worries, because Xi and his colleagues still have a very long way to go, one that promises plenty of stumbling blocks and risks.
Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Jan 16, 2014
After one year as China’s top leader, President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has become one of his most notable successes. However, as Minxin Pei explains, sustaining this drive will have many challenges.
Jeff Kingston, Director, Temple University in Japan
Jan 02, 2014
Are leaders sleepwalking towards another war? Jeff Kingston examines rising tensions in the East China Sea and warns that many of the current disputed territory issues arose from differences in the Cairo Declaration and the San Francisco Treaty.
Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Yale University
Jan 02, 2014
China was hardly lacking in policy pronouncements in the final months of 2013. But, seen in their entirety, the risk of incoherence has become evident, writes Stephen Roach.
Chung-yue Chang, Philosophy Teacher, Montclair State University
Dec 30, 2013
For China, the nation and the civilization, "socialism with Chinese characteristics" has become a directional guide. And this directional guide, rooted both in its immediate revolutionary past and in its long cultural heritage, is guiding China forward, for the realization of the Chinese Dream in the short term and for further development of its civilization in the long run, writes Chung-yue Chang.
Eric Li, Venture Capitalist
Dec 28, 2013
"The history of the world is but biography of great men." Mao Zedong, whose life left indelible marks on the lives of more than a billion people and changed the trajectory of the world, is to be studied with care and thoughtfulness, not to be judged with moral expediency, writes Eric Li.
Douglas Paal, Vice President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dec 27, 2013
You may have missed the funeral, but China’s new leadership has quietly buried the admonition of former leader Deng Xiaoping that as China rises in wealth and power it should maintain a low profile (known as taoguang yanghui), writes Douglas Paal.