Over ten years, Xi Jinping has managed to gain unprecedented control over Chinese society. Most experts agree this is set to continue, with ruthless censorship and repression of dissidents, NGOs…
Continue ReadingEvery five years, the same ritual takes place in Beijing. Dissidents are ordered to stay at home, factories are shut to reduce pollution and huge flower arrangements line the major…
Continue ReadingDid the West misread China the way it misread Russia? Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd compares the ‘business first’ era of yesteryear with the nationalist bend as Xi Jinping…
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