The reform measures set forth at China’s recent Third Plenum will push the country’s leadership to pursue bilateral trade agreements and hard power capabilities will continue to be a top priority as consolidation of the foreign-policy making process is causing a polarization in China’s classification of “friends” and “enemies”.

Steven Hill writes that few of the proposals from the Third Plenum really grapple with the profound contradictions of China's economy today.

The Chinese government announced that it will ease restrictions on the number of children couples can have.

Chinese Party Third Plenum’s commitment to reforms in the political, economic, cultural, social and environmental fields has won popular supports among the Chinese people, writes Qin Xiaoying.

In order to sustain the close to one billon people expected to be living in cities by 2030, China will be required to meet the tremendous demand for access to resources, education, healthcare, and increasingly, affordable housing for migrant workers, writes Gregory Poulin.

He Weiwen writes that the 3rd Plenary Session has provided a broad blueprint for China’s reforms and development for the next few years and will have profound implications for China and the world.

After months of hype, China watchers the world over are underwhelmed by the immediate outcomes of the just-concluded Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, writes David Shambaugh.

For the first time since the 1980s, Beijing is redefining China’s grand strategy.

On the eve of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, some observers have produced a new bout of predictions about very big breakthroughs in the upcoming period of reform. However, many of these predictions will probably prove unrealistic, writes Zhu Lijia.

Outside China, the prevalent view among business leaders is that President Xi Jinping’s new administration has consolidated its power and acquired enough authority to push through far-reaching economic reforms. Unfortunately, this view is both too sanguine and naïve.