“Stability maintenance” is translating into greater surveillance, but the Chinese government’s response to ethnic frictions looks to be unsustainable, writes James Leibold in Beijing
23 May 13 Comments (1)The impossible dream
There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes James Leibold in Beijing
22 Apr 13 Comments (0)Four dishes, one soup
There’s austerity in the air as China’s parliament meets, but has anything else changed, asks James Leibold in Beijing
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A Chinese constitutionalist and the state of the nation
The latest biography of Liang Qichao reveals a man of his times with a new significance for present-day China, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
17 Oct 12 Comments (0)The sound of silence in Tiananmen Square
Twenty-three years after the massacre, the events of 4 June 1989 are still off limits, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
07 Jun 12 Comments (1)King Midas in China
While the media was gripped by the Bo Xilai scandal, the story of another privileged child of a Communist Party official was unfolding on the internet, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
23 May 12 Comments (0)Road to democracy? Yu Jianrong’s blueprint for China
In Beijing, Antonia Finnane looks at a ten-year plan for a staged transition to constitutional democracy
22 Apr 12 Comments (2)Easter in Beijing
After Tomb-sweeping day, the Chinese capital returned to normal, writes Antonia Finnane, except for the city’s Christians
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