TOPICS: ‘Chongqing’
The Chinese AwakeningJuly 20, 2012 / Minxin PeiWall Street Journal Asia
Like a share listed on an exchange, the world's perception of China fluctuates as foreigners go from bullish to bearish. One gauge of how the country's image is faring is the latest crop of China books.
Read more...The Lid Cracks Open on Beijing’s Black BoxMay 09, 2012 / Andrew SmallTransatlantic Take; Real Clear World
After a long period of stasis, Chinese politics have entered a dramatic new phase. While no one expects major change to arrive quickly, the previous sense of inevitability about China’s internal trajectory is beginning to give way to growing unpredictability. For a long time, the animating China challenge for policymakers in the United States and Europe had been the integration of a rapidly rising power into the global economic and security order. Now they will need to do that while navigating a nation in political transition.
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