Douglas Paal, Vice President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Nov 01, 2013
The Third Plenum of the 18th Party Congress is likely to entail significant financial reform, the Party appears unready to contemplate a more liberal course or a fundamental change in the nature of its governance, writes Douglas Paal.
Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies, Lau China Institute at King's College, London
Oct 21, 2013
The Third Plenum will be the first major opportunity under China’s new leadership to see how they plan to approach the two major goals of economic and social reform, writes Kerry Brown.
Rana Mitter, Professor of the history and politics of modern China at Oxford University
Oct 19, 2013
The Chinese contributions towards the allied victory of World War II are often overlooked and because of this China has seen little reward for its efforts since war’s end. However, modern ties with the west have opened the door for China to build on relationships, end lingering issues and gain true recognition for its contributions.
Joan Johnson-Freese, Professor, US Naval War College
Oct 19, 2013
On its opening weekend in the US, the movie “Gravity” grossed $55.8 million, the highest October opening ever. However, how well will the movie open in China?
Ryan Todd, History & East Asian Studies Graduate, Pepperdine University
Oct 09, 2013
While the thought of transplanting your entire life to a remote region of the globe is daunting to most, an expatriate with experience living throughout the Asia-Pacific explains that nearly anyone can find success in China with the proper planning and priorities.
Henry Paulson, Former US Secretary of Treasury
Oct 08, 2013
The Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party’s 18th National Congress is a pivotal meeting for China’s new leaders, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang. As Henry M. Paulson Jr. explains, there are four reasons to be optimistic about China’s potential economic restructuring in November.
Nailene Chou Wiest, Visiting Professor, Sun Yat-sen University
Oct 03, 2013
Foreign students in China are deprived of a wide range of meaningful experience while studying in China. They should be allowed to test the limit and find out for themselves that China may not be as terrible as the officious rules make it out to be, writes Nailene Chou Wiest.
Chung-yue Chang, Philosophy Teacher, Montclair State University
Sep 26, 2013
The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China's Central Committee will be held in November, as announced by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Aug 27.
Dan Redford, President, Quantify China Associates
Sep 23, 2013
As China’s new leadership prepares to undertake economic reforms, Dan Redford lays out how income inequality has gone from being an economic issue to a social issue as the presence of migrants and low-educated citizens becomes more prominent in economic hubs.
Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Sep 09, 2013
China’s new leadership faces tough challenges at the third plenum of the 18th Central Committee with a focus on economic reforms. Minxin Pei writes that four policy priorities will dictate the success of China’s reforms: financial sector liberalization, an overhaul of the fiscal system, downsizing of state-owned enterprises, and abolition of the hukou system.