Asia
China’s Economy is Rotting from the Head
Daron Acemoglu
BOSTON – China highlights a long-debated question about economic development: Can a top-down autocracy outperform liberal market economies in terms of innovation and...
Chinese Communist Party Using Social Media Influencers to Whitewash Human Rights Abuses
Under the increasingly authoritarian rule of Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s oppression of ethnic minorities has worsened, with major crackdowns in Xinjiang,...
Why Xi Jinping’s Iron Grip Will Only Tighten During the Upcoming 20th Party Congress in China
NEW DELHI -- China goes into its once in five years huddle on October 16. The Great Hall of the People in Beijing --...
How Xi Jinping Can Strengthen the Chinese Economy in Third Tenure
The implications for the Chinese economy are clear: the authorities should stay the course in terms of economic-policy goals, but change their policymaking methods....
How China’s Civil Society Collapsed Under Xi Jinping
Xi, on the brink of securing a third term at the apex of the world's most populous country, has overseen a decade in which...