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Where are the women in Chinese politics?
Author: Minglu Chen, University of Sydney The 20th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) National Congress, held in October 2022, caught the world’s
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China’s seniors savour their sunset years as aging population places pressure on the young
By Peter Catterall At the end of a back alley surrounded by dilapidated buildings, the pitter-patter of ping-pong balls echoes around a cavernous
The Thucydides Trap
Here are some recent headlines from U.S. newspapers concerning developments in Xi Jinping’s China, putatively America’s foremost adversary on the
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Are China’s Resurgent Economic Cooperatives Preparation for Invading Taiwan?
A ghost that Chinese people are both familiar with and fearful of—a state-controlled supply and marketing system— has recently returned to the
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China’s Xi Jinping handed historic third term as president
Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country’s most powerful leader in
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China’s Sichuan province to allow unmarried people to have children as birth rates plunge
Southwest China’s Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents as the world’s most populous
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China population shrinks for first time in over 60 years
By Ludovic Ehret China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world’s
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China’s 2022 economic growth expected to be its lowest in 40 years
By Sébastien Ricci with Luna Lin China’s economic growth for 2022 is expected to have been among its weakest in four decades after the twin
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China’s Xi Jinping invokes Mao in visit to Yan’an – cradle of Communist revolution
by Laurie Chen Dressed in matching navy windbreakers and flanking President Xi Jinping, China’s freshly appointed top leadership this week made
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China’s Xi Jinping invokes Mao in visit to Yan’an – cradle of Communist revolution
By Laurie Chen Dressed in matching navy windbreakers and flanking President Xi Jinping, China’s freshly appointed top leadership this week made
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“His Name Was Mao Anying”: Renewed Remembrance of Mao Zedong’s Son on Chinese Social Media
Hundreds of Chinese state media and government channels posted a tribute to Mao Zedong’s oldest son on social media this week, commemorating the
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China’s 20th Party Congress: What to watch out for as major meeting nears finish
China’s 20th Congress wraps up this weekend with a lot more at stake than simply President Xi Jinping’s bid to secure a historic third term as
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China’s Communist Party Congress opens to endorse Xi Jinping’s rule
Security personnel stand guard in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening ceremony for the 20th National Congress of China's
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The 20th Party Congress is another step in Xi’s rise
Author: Carl Minzner, Council on Foreign Relations Opening on 16 October 2022, China’s 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is
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The 20th Party Congress is another step in Xi’s rise
Author: Carl Minzner, Council on Foreign Relations Opening on 16 October 2022, China’s 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is