Ma Jian
China’s Show Trial of the Century
LONDON – The trial, conviction, and suspended death sentence of Gu Kailai, the wife of purged Chinese leader Bo Xilai, has called into quest…
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Two months ago, the Chinese Communist Party purged Bo Xilai, a rising political star. The Bo affair has exposed widespread corruption and deepened fissures within the country's famously unified leadership. What do such scandals reveal about China's governance? How will they affect its upcoming leadership transition?
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Brahma Chellaney
China’s Political Storm
NEW DELHI – As senior leaders are purged and retired provincial officials publicly call for Politburo members to be removed, it has become c…
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Jamie Metzl
The Paradox of China’s Reform
NEW YORK – The compelling drama of former Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai’s ouster amid allegations of corruption and murder, and o…
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Minxin Pei
The Myth of Chinese Meritocracy
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Political scandals sometimes perform a valuable function in cleansing governments. They destroy the political career…
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Ian Buruma
Chinese Shadows
NEW YORK – These are interesting times in China. A senior Communist Party official, Bo Xilai, is brought down – accused of offenses that inc…
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Andrew Billo
Corrupt and Unequal
NEW YORK – The stunning fall from grace and power of the Chinese politician Bo Xilai, and the continuing revelations concerning the enormous…
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Minxin Pei
The Paranoid Style in Chinese Politics
HONG KONG – Henry Kissinger, who learned a thing or two about political paranoia as Richard Nixon’s national security adviser and Secretary …
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Stephen S. Roach
China’s Stability Gambit
BEIJING – The first principle that I learned when I started focusing on China in the late 1990’s is that nothing is more important to the Ch…
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