Mar 14, 2011
Given the important transition of leadership that looms on the political horizon next year, perhaps Beijing’s elite believes it can leave nothing in the political sphere to chance. After all, historically, visible divisions in the leadership can lead to tests of tolerance of dissent in the streets.
Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow & Director, Asia Studies
Mar 14, 2011
China’s five-year work plan is striking for several reasons: the high degree of continuity from five years ago, the push by Beijing for Chinese companies to assert themselves globally, the strong hand of the state in areas of the economy considered integral to social stability, and the potential for serious debate over several of the redistributive aspects of the plan.
Mar 13, 2011
China’s lawmaking body, the National People’s Congress (NPC), opened its annual session last weekend to great fanfare. Watching the delegates pile in and ou
Mar 13, 2011
My blood ran cold when I read about how China is tracking and detaining foreign journalists. (The New York Times, “China Tracks Foreign Journalists,” March 6)
Mar 08, 2011
Relax, America. Chinese math whizzes and Indian engineers aren't stealing your kids' future. Anybody seeking signs of American decline in the early 21st
Tom Orlik, Wall Street Journal
Mar 08, 2011
China's government wants to fight inflation and redistribute income, giving households a bigger slice of the pie. Higher interest rates would achieve both.
Dean Baker, Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Mar 07, 2011
The West is guilty of wishful thinking when it excitedly imagines people-powered revolt in the Arab world spreading to China. There is dissatisfaction in China.
Wu Jinglian, Researcher, Development Research Center of State Council
Mar 07, 2011
The recent general consensus in the government, business and academic circles is that the 12th Five-Year Guideline marks a new historic start for China’s econo
Mar 07, 2011
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan send congratulatory messages on the launch of China-US Focus, a news website that they believe will enhance the bilateral relationship and present new ideas and new solutions for the challenges ahead.
Hu Angang, Director, Tsinghua National Research Center
Mar 06, 2011
China has promulgated five-year plans since 1953 and experienced a fast growth rate of 9.2 percent in the First Five-Year Plan period (1953-57). The plans wer