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This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who helped shape the 20th century, and we will publish profiles for each one. You can read the other pieces in the series here. Deng Xiaoping could lay claim to being the most significant political leader of the latter part of the 20th century, and one whose legacy continues to expand. His record is remarkable. I...

A recently published book is a useful introduction to modern China and its phenomenal rise...

Andrew Wong—Getty Images Inside the Great Hall of the People during a closing session of the National People’s Congress, March 2007 in Beijing. Document 9: A ChinaFile Translation How Much Is a Hardline Party Directive Shaping China’s Current Political Climate? November 8, 2013 This weekend, China’s leaders gather in Beijing for meetings widely expected to determine the shape of China’s economy, as well as the nation’s progress, over the next decade. What exactly the outcome of this...

(AFP/Getty Images) Chinese babies accompanied by their parents take part in a baby swimming contest, which the organizer hopes will break the Guinness World Record for the most babies swimming together, at a stadium in Beijing September 11, 2010. For Cash-Strapped Parents, Two Babies Are Too Many November 21, 2013 Call it reproduction with Chinese capitalist characteristics. On November 15, authorities announced that the country’s One-Child Policy would be loosened, adding couples in which on...

A New Step Forward in PLA Professionalization Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 5 March 15, 2021 02:24 PM Age: 2 weeks Image: People’s Liberation Army officers march in a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 2019 (Image source: Xinhua). Introduction A linchpin of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s transformation into a “world-class military” is whether it can recruit, cultivate, and retain talent, especia...

In a recent essay, “How China’s Leaders Will Rule on the Law,” Carl Minzner looks at the question of why China’s leaders have announced they will emphasize rule of law at the upcoming Chinese Communist Party plenum slated to take place in Beijing October 20-23. Why have Party leaders chosen now to discuss the law? —The Editors

Nearly a year to the day after seven new leaders ascended to their posts on the Standing Committee of China’s Politburo, the Asia Society held a public conversation with The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos; Dr. Susan Shirk of the University of California, San Diego; Former Ambassador to China, J. Stapleton Roy; and Orville Schell. The discussion, which you can watch and read below in full, covered China’s leadership transition so far—its successes, shortcomings, and controversies—as well as ...

Posted by Administrator on By Col R Hariharan Indian troops have brought Kailash range in eastern Ladakh under their operational control by occupying heights and thereby dislocated Chinese plans to grab territory to gain strategic advantage. For the first time, India has gained tactical advantage to disrupt any Chinese military adventure in the region. This unexpected move by India, which had generally been bending backwards not to provoke China, has probably caught PLA troops by surprise....