Legitimacy

Meritocracy has worked for Beijing, but to survive, the system needs more openness.

The Party is now introducing traditional culture classes in state-run kindergartens and other levels of schooling.

China’s Communist Party invited political figures and academics to attend a meeting in Beijing. 

Every time I walk down the street and see a new project about to break ground, I know that several billionaires are about to be made. Every time I see a project has been completed, I know that a few unknown “temporary workers” are about to become...

Over the next few months we should start to see an answer to the “hard vs. soft landing” question. Since talk of a possible hard landing began, I’ve often wondered how China’s propaganda apparatus would respond if and when China’s economy takes a...