The NYRB China Archive
01.18.18
The Red Emperor
from New York Review of Books
This fall, the Nineteenth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (C.C.P.) gave proof that during his five years as general secretary Xi Jinping has become the most powerful leader of China since Mao Zedong died in 1976. Most observers, Chinese and...
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10.20.17Why China’s Xi Jinping is Unlikely to Anoint a Successor
South China Morning Post
Hu Chunhua and Chen Miner unlikely to win promotion to Communist Party’s top decision-making body
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10.20.17Dark Horses, Sure Bets: Who Could Rule China in the Next five Years (and Beyond)
CNN
In the world's most populous nation, seven men sit atop 1.4 billion people.
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10.18.17Xi Jinping Opens China's Party Congress, His Hold Tighter Than Ever
New York Times
When Xi Jinping strode out in the Great Hall of the People five years ago as China’s new leader, his tight smile barely hid the atmosphere of smoldering crisis.
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09.13.17After Toiling in Rural China, ProtéGé of Xi Jinping Joins Party's Top Tiers
New York Times
Guizhou is one of China’s poorest provinces, yet its villages of rice paddies, buffalos and mud-brick homes have long been a proving ground for rising stars in the Chinese Communist Party. The former president, Hu Jintao, once ran this mountainous...
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09.23.16Provincial Boss Ordered Crackdown on China's 'Democracy Village' with Eye on National Power
Reuters
Wukan is Hu Chunhua's tryout for the Politburo Standing Committee
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01.27.14China Reveals Members of New Leading Group on Reform
Diplomat
The highly publicized nature of the meeting implies that the Party intends for the group to play a prominent role in future reforms.
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05.07.13China Top Leaders Warn On Financial Risks As Rebound Falters
Bloomberg
Macro-economic policies should be stabilized and micro controls in some sectors should be loosened, the Politburo Standing Committee said after what Xinhua said was a “special session” on the economy.
Viewpoint
11.15.12
Age of China’s New Leaders May Have Been Key to Their Selection
Earlier this week, before the new Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) and Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party were announced, I argued that the Party faces the difficult problem of how to allocate power in the absence of an open and legitimate...
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10.25.12China Paves Way for Prosecuting Disgraced Politician Bo Xilai
Reuters
China's parliament has expelled disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai, Xinhua said, paving the way for formal criminal charges.
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09.27.12Chinese Female Official Aspires to Top Role
Washington Post
Most of the 25 members of China’s Politburo are uncannily similar, with their black-dyed hair, dark suits and science degrees, but one stands out.With her trademark blue skirt-suit and pearls, Liu Yandong, 66, the top official in charge of health,...
Reports
08.06.12
China’s Top Future Leaders to Watch
He Jianan
China Leadership Monitor
The composition of the new Politburo that will take power in late 2012, including generational attributes and individual idiosyncratic characteristics, group dynamics, and the factional balance of power, will have profound implications for China’s...
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07.09.12Politburo Possibilities: A Primer
Sinostand
This fall, the Chinese Communist Party will hold its 18th Party Congress and select a new generation of leaders who will face some of the greatest challenges seen yet in the PRC’s 63 years. Inflation is growing, wealth inequality is widening, the...
The NYRB China Archive
09.26.02China’s New Rulers: The Path to Power
from New York Review of Books
Following are the members of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee, whose election is expected in November 2002, listed by their rank according to protocol, with their main Party and future state positions. Ages are given as of...